Fourth Meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee of the Maritime Labour

Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006) – Part I

(virtual, 19–23 April 2021)

Monday, 19 April Tuesday, 20 April Wednesday, 21 April Thursday, 22 April Friday, 23 April

11.50–1.40 p.m. Group meetings Group meetings Group meetings Group meetings Group meetings

1.40–2 p.m. Break Break Break Break Break

2–4.30 p.m. Plenary Plenary Plenary Plenary Plenary
• Opening remarks from the Exchange of Exchange of Review of maritime-related  Consideration
Chairperson/secretariat information information on the international labour standards of any
• Programme of work on the implementation of Technical note 11 – Instruments resolutions
• implementation MLC, 2006 relating to crew accommodation and
Groups’ comments  Any other
of MLC, 2006 recreation facilities
Exchange of information on the (c) Hours of work business
COVID-19 and and rest: Technical note 12 – Instruments
implementation of MLC, 2006 (a)  Closing
maritime presentation of relating to food and catering
(a) COVID-19 and maritime labour remarks
labour issues a World Technical note 13 – Instruments
issues relating to medical care
(cont.) Maritime
1. Did any provisions of the MLC, 2006, University’s Technical note 14 – Instruments
(b) IMO request
prove insufficient in the face of the study relating to shipowners’ liability
on setting up
challenges presented by the Technical note 15 – Instruments
a joint (d) MLC, 2006 and
pandemic? relating to Health and safety
IMO–ILO digitalization:
2. Are there any structural and protection and accident prevention
working group use of electronic Technical note 16 – Instruments
governance factors that COVID-19
documents relating to access to shore-based
has exposed and which the ILO and
other relevant UN agencies should welfare facilities
consider in more detail to seek to Technical note 17 – Instruments
ensure that in the future the relating to social security
fundamental rights of seafarers, as Technical note 18 – Instruments
provided for in the MLC, 2006, are relating to compliance and
respected? enforcement
3. Are any additional measures, Technical note 19 – Instruments
including new standards, needed to relating to Conventions not revised by
solve the current crisis and be better the MLC, 2006
equipped to ensure enforcement of Technical note 20 – Instruments
the MLC, 2006 in the future, in classified as “outdated” in 2018 and
particular under strain? 2 p.m. Deadline to submitted for further review
2 p.m. Deadline to submit
2 p.m. Deadline to submit sub-
submit any draft amendments to
amendments to draft resolutions
resolutions draft resolutions