INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1974

The main objective of the SOLAS Convention is to specify minimum standards for the construction, equipment and operation of ships, compatible with their safety. Flag States are responsible for ensuring that ships under their flag comply with its requirements, and a number of certificates are prescribed in the Convention as proof that this has been done. Control provisions also allow Contracting Governments to inspect ships of other Contracting States if there are clear grounds for believing that the ship and its equipment do not substantially comply with the requirements of the Convention – this procedure is known as port State control. The current SOLAS Convention includes Articles setting out general obligations, amendment procedure and so on, followed by an Annex divided into 14 Chapters.

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Principle of the Exclusive Jurisdiction of the Flag State in the law of the sea and customary international law

Principle of the Exclusive Jurisdiction of the Flag State in the law of the sea and customary international law, 1952 Brussels Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to Penal Jurisdiction in Matters of Collision and Other Incidents of Navigation, 1966 International Convention on Load Lines, 1971 Agreement on Special Trade Passenger Ships, 1972 Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1974 International Convention for the SOLAS, 1976 ILO Convention No. 147 concerning Minimum Standards in Merchant Ships, 1993 Torremolinos Protocol, 1995 International Convention on Standards of Training, 2006 Maritime Labour Convention, Article 97 of the LOSC, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel (STCW-F), Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, Exclusive Jurisdiction of the Flag State, ILO, IMO, International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels, International Convention on Standards of Training, sail under its flag

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