In May 2020, Brazil became the 97th Member State to the International Labour Organization (ILO) to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC 2006). MLC 2006 consolidates numerous previous labour-related conventions enacted by ILO and came into force worldwide in August 2013. ILO considers it the fourth pillar of the international regulatory regime dedicated to the maritime sector alongside fundamental conventions enacted by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), namely SOLAS, MARPOL and STCW. Brazil’s National Congress approved the … Continue lendo Brazil promulgates the Maritime Labour Convention 2006