Lawyers are horrified that creeping unilateralism is threatening international legal rights. Countries are increasingly insisting that shipping follows their rules, even if that criminalises seafarers. Creeping unilateralism describes a trend in which states or supranational groups turn away from international bodies such as the IMO and promote their own rules. As the term suggests, it's growing fast. Dennis L Bryant, senior counsel at US law firm Holland & Knight, tells Fairplay: "The concept is that there is one body of law under which your ship can operate anywhere in the world. That is increasingly under attack." Chief bad guy at the moment for seafarers is the European Union, which is pushing its directive on ship-source pollution. Shipping figures are furious that the unilateralist measure would, if passed, criminalise accidents - especially because the directive appears unlikely to conform to international norms.
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机译：令律师感到震惊的是，蔓延的单边主义正在威胁国际合法权利。各国越来越多地要求航运业遵守其规则，即使这将海员定为犯罪。爬行的单边主义描述了一种趋势，在这种趋势中，国家或超国家集团放弃了国际组织，例如国际海事组织，并推广了自己的规则。顾名思义，它正在迅速发展。美国律师事务所荷兰与奈特律师事务所的高级顾问丹尼斯·L·布莱恩特（Dennis L Bryant）告诉Fairplay：“概念是，根据法律规定，您的船舶可以在世界任何地方运营。这一法律正受到越来越多的攻击。”目前对海员不利的主要因素是欧盟，该联盟正在推动其关于船源污染的指令。航运界人士对单方面措施一旦获得通过而将事故定为犯罪感到愤怒，尤其是因为该指令似乎不太可能符合国际规范。
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