Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2008, published 98th ILC session (2009)

Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention, 1958 (No. 108) - Ukraine (Ratification: 1970)

The Committee notes the Government’s report and asks the Government to provide additional information on the following points.

Article 1, paragraph 2, of the Convention. Scope of the application. Please indicate the provisions which require that the port captain shall, in case of doubt, determine whether any categories of persons are to be regarded as seafarers and shall consult representative organizations of shipowners and seafarers before making a decision.

Article 4, paragraphs 2 and 6. Content of seafarer’s identity document. The Committee notes the information on consultations prior to decisions with regard to identity documents. As the Government has provided a photocopy of the seafarer’s identity document, and not a true specimen, the Committee again requests the Government to provide with its next report a true specimen (invalidated) of the seafarer’s identity document.

Article 5. Readmission. In response to the Committee’s previous direct request, the Government points to Presidential Decree No. 194/93 of 5 June 1993. The excerpts of the Decree, cited in the Government report, do not, however, provide that the seafarer shall be re-admitted to the territory of Ukraine during a period of at least one year after any date of expiry indicated in the seafarer’s identity document. The Committee again invites the Government to indicate the legal provisions guaranteeing the right of return to Ukraine for up to one year with an expired Ukrainian seafarer’s identity document issued to a foreign seafarer.