Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention, 1958 (No. 108) - Morocco (Ratification: 2001)

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2023, published 112nd ILC session (2024)

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Articles 4(2) and (3)(d) of the Convention. Compulsory particulars. Form and content of seafarers’ identity documents. In response to its previous comment, the Committee notes with interest the adoption of a new maritime workbook which includes the elements required under this provision of the Convention. It also notes a specimen copy of this document sent by the Government, which is in conformity with Article 4(2) and (3)(d) of the Convention.

Article 5. Readmission to a territory. In response to its previous comment, the Committee notes with interest that the new maritime workbook specifies the period of validity of this document. However, the Committee notes that neither this booklet nor the national legislation ensure a deadline for the seafarer’s readmission to the national territory after the workbook’s expiry. The Committee recalls that Article 5(2) provides that the period of readmission shall be of at least one year after the date of expiry indicated in the identity document. The Committee requests the Government to take the necessary measures without further delay to ensure the implementation of this provision of the Convention.

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2016, published 106th ILC session (2017)

Articles 4(2) and (3)(d) of the Convention. Compulsory particulars. Form and content of seafarers’ identity documents. The Committee previously noted that the maritime workbook provided by the Government does not contain a statement that the document is a seafarers’ identity document for the purpose of this Convention, as required in Article 4(2) of the Convention, or details concerning the bearer’s physical characteristics, as indicated in Article 4(3)(d). The Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures adopted to include these elements in the maritime workbook and to send a specimen copy of this document.

Article 5 of the Convention. Readmission to a territory. The Committee notes that neither the maritime workbook nor the related legislation specify the period of validity of the workbook. Moreover, these texts do not establish a deadline for the seafarer’s readmission to the national territory after the workbook’s expiry. The Committee recalls that Article 5(2) provides that the period of readmission shall be at least one year after the date of expiry of the identity document. The Committee requests the Government to take the necessary measures to specify the period of validity of the maritime workbook and to ensure the implementation of this provision of the Convention.

The Committee further recalls that the Convention has been revised by the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185). It draws the Government’s attention to its general observation addressing the recent amendments to the annexes of Convention No. 185.

Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2004, published 93rd ILC session (2005)

The Committee notes the information contained in the Government’s report and requests clarification concerning the following points.

Article 1, paragraph 2, of the Convention. The Committee requests information as to how in cases of doubt it is determined whether a given category of person is a seafarer.

Article 4(3)(d). The Committee notes that, although there is a photograph, there is no written entry of any physical characteristics of the seafarer (height, weight, colour of eyes and hair, etc.) as required in this Article.

Article 5. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the legislative or regulatory texts that enable a foreign seafarer to return to Morocco with an expired Moroccan seafarers’ identity document for up to one year after expiration.

The Committee requests the Government to send a hard copy (not a photocopy) of the seafarers’ identity document with its next report.