Special Protection of Children Act, RA 9231: English
Migrant Workers Act 1995, RA 8042 as amended by RA 10022: English
Social Security Law, RA 1161 (as amended by Sec. 1, P.D. No. 24, S-1972): English
An Act Further Strengthening The Social Security System Thereby Amending For This Purpose, RA 1161, as amended, RA 8282: English
An Act To Prevent Deter And Eliminate Illegal, Unreported And Unregulated Fishing, Amending RA 8550, Otherwise Known As “THE PHILIPPINE FISHERIES CODE OF 1998,” And For Other Purposes, RA 10654: English
Home Development Mutual Fund Law of 2009, RA 9679: English
Republic Act No. 10635 (An Act Establishing the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) as the Single Maritime Administration Responsible for the Implementation and Enforcement of the 1978 International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, as amended: English
DOLE Order 196/2018 amending DOLE Order 156/2016: English
DOLE Order 198 of 2018 Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 11058: English
DOLE, Occupational Safety and Health Standards: English
MARINA, Rules and Regulations on Stability Requirements for Philippine-Registered Domestic Ships (Stability Code, MARINA Circular No. 5 of 2007): English
MARINA, Philippines Fishing Vessels Safety Rules and Regulations (PFVSRR): English
Philippines Coast Guard, Memorandum Circular No. 5 of 2012 (Master’s Declaration of Safe Departure): English
Philippines Coast Guard, Memorandum Circular No. 6 of 1990 (Marine Protest): English
Omnibus Rules to Implement the Labor Code of the Philippines: English
Revised 2016 POEA Rules and Regulations Governing the Recruitment and Employment of Seafarers (Seafarers’ POEARR): English
POEA, Memorandum Circular No. 10 of 2010 (Amended Standard Terms and Conditions Governing Employment of Filipino Seafarers on Board Ocean Going Ships); Referred to in the text as “STC for Employment of Filipino Seafarers”: English
POEA Memorandum Circular No. 4 of 2013 (One-Page Covering Employment Contract): English
Thailand, Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act (No.2) B.E. 2558 (2015) November 3, 2015 Thai (PDF76KB)
Thailand, Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act (No.3) B.E. 2560 (2017) January 26, 2017 Thai (PDF74KB)
Thailand, Royal Ordinance, Additional amendments to Emergency Decree Amending the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act B.E. 2551 (2008), B.E. 2562 (2019) ENG version ( PDF148KB)
Thailand, Royal Ordinance on Bringing Migrant Workers to Work with Employers in Thailand B.E.2559 (2016) (PDF1.22MB)
Thailand, Royal Decree on Managing the Work of Aliens B.E. 2560 (2017)Thai version:(PDF264KB) English version: (PDF103KB)
Thailand, Royal Ordinance on Migrant Working Management (No 2) B.E. 2561 (2018)Thai version (PDF201KB)
Thailand, Emergency Decree on Fisheiries B.E. 2558 (2015) English version (PDF524KB)
Thailand, Royal Ordinance on Fisheries (No.2) B.E. 2560 (2017) English version (PDF765KB)
Thailand, Ministerial Regulation on Occupational Safety, Health, and Welfare System of Crews in Fisheries B.E. 2559 (2016) (PDF)
Viet Nam
Decision No.78/QĐ-TTG: National Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing up to 2025, English version (pdf)
Decree No: 05/2015/ND-CP dated January 12, 2015 of the Government defining and providing guidance on the implementation of a number of contents of the Labor Code 1/12/2015, English version (pdf) (no longer active replaced by Decree No:145/2020/NĐ-CP: DECREE ELABORATION OF SOME ARTICLES OF THE LABOR CODE ON WORKING CONDITIONS AND LABOR RELATIONS (see attached)
Decree providing details and directives on the implementation of several articles of the law on Health Insurance, English version (pdf)
Decree 17: Amendments to the government’s decree no. 67/2014/ND-CP dated 07, 2014 On certain Fishery Development Policies, English version (pdf)
Directive 45/CT-TTG: On a number of tasks and solutions to remove the warning of the European Commission against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU), English version (pdf)
Employment Law (Law No. 38/2013/QH13), English version (pdf)
Fisheries Law No. 18/2017/QH14, English version (pdf)
Fisheries Law No. 17/2003/qh 11, English version (pdf)
Law No. 46/2014/QH13 amending the Law on Health Insurance, Vietnamese version (pdf)