Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 83rd ILC session (1996)

Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Ratification: 1957)

The Committee has noted the Government's reports and the appended text of Merchant Shipping Notice No. M.1498 which contains copies of standard crew agreements.

The Committee requests the Government to indicate in its next report the sanctions that may be applied to a seaman who puts himself in breach of his contract by withdrawing his labour in furtherance of an industrial dispute while his vessel is elsewhere than in or approaching a port in the United Kingdom or the Limited European Trading Area.