HE00870 - IMO's work on Human Element issues - Some thoughts

You could say that IMO's work on human element issues began formally in 1991 with the creation of the Joint MSC/MEPC Working Group on the role of the human element in maritime casualties, which has later been renamed the Joint Working Group (JWG) on the Human Element.

Actually, IMO had been working on human element issues long before that. Just think of the STCW Convention. What is true, however, is that the work had not been carried out in a very structured and holistic manner.