Films
Sharks and Rays in Liberia: the Need for a National Plan of Action
The plan will be implemented with the help of EJF over the next three years, and will not only protect marine wildlife, but safeguard the food security and livelihoods of tens of thousands of Liberians.
Nowhere to call home
Improving Transparency in Fisheries
EJF has developed the ‘ten principles for global transparency in the fishing industry’. These simple, low-cost measures – which include publishing license lists and giving vessels unique numbers – are well within the reach of any country and can play a pivotal role in the battle against illegal fishing and human rights abuse in the sector.
Ghana: A Fishing Nation in Crisis
This film shows how IUU fishing and the illegal practice called saiko are devastating Ghana's fisheries.
Slipping Through the Net
The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has documented gross human rights violations and serious illegal fishing offences aboard the Taiwanese Fuh Sheng 11. Crew members told EJF of beatings from the captain, 22-hour working days and serious injuries to crew working in dangerous conditions. They also reported that the vessel had illegally finned sharks, including endangered hammerheads.
Exploitation and Lawlessness: The Dark Side of Taiwan's Fishing Fleet
Beatings at gunpoint, slavery, dangerous working conditions and squalid living conditions. These are just a few of the findings from this investigative film by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) telling the harrowing stories of migrant fishermen working aboard Taiwanese-owned fishing vessels. The film shows that although some new rules have been introduced in Taipei, out at sea human rights abuses and illegal fishing practices continue.
White gold - the true cost of cotton
This award-winning film by EJF documents how at the forefront of global cotton production, Uzbekistan's human rights and environmental record lags far behind the rest of the world.
The Gathering Storm: Climate Change, Security and Conflict
With millions of people forced to move each year by rapid-onset climate-related hazards and slow onset environmental degradation, social wellbeing, human rights, economies and even state stability are at risk.
Reports
สถานการณ์์การประมงไทย: รายงานฉบับนี้รวบรวมความก้าวหน้าที่สำคัญของประเทศไทยในการต่อสู้กับประมงผิดกฎหมาย ขาดการรายงาน และไร้การควบคุม ตลอดจนการละเมิดสิทธิมนุษย์ชนกลางทะเล ทั้งนี้ยังได้นำเสนอข้อเสนอแนะเชิงนโยบายแก่รัฐบาลไทยในการธำรงไว้ซึ่งความก้าวหน้าและทำให้มั่นใจได้ว่าอุตสาหกรรมประมงไทยจะมีความยั่งยืนและความสามารถในการแข่งขัน
รายงานฉบับนี้รวบรวมความก้าวหน้าที่สำคัญของประเทศไทยในการต่อสู้กับประมงผิดกฎหมาย ขาดการรายงาน และไร้การควบคุม ตลอดจนการละเมิดสิทธิมนุษย์ชนกลางทะเล ทั้งนี้ยังได้นำเสนอข้อเสนอแนะเชิงนโยบายแก่รัฐบาลไทยในการธำรงไว้ซึ่งความก้าวหน้าและทำให้มั่นใจได้ว่าอุตสาหกรรมประมงไทยจะมีความยั่งยืนและความสามารถในการแข่งขัน
High and dry: a policy briefing on the future of Thai fisheries: This briefing outlines the significant progress made in Thailand in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and human rights abuses at sea. It provides recommendations for future Thai governments to secure this progress and ensure Thailand's fishing industry is sustainable and competitive.
This briefing outlines the significant progress made in Thailand in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and human rights abuses at sea. It provides recommendations for future Thai governments to secure this progress and ensure Thailand's fishing industry is sustainable and competitive.
Statement to the Council of the International Seabed Authority on the 28th Session 10 – 28 July 2023: The Environmental Justice Foundation urges the Council and the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority to take action to prevent irreversible harm to the world’s ocean.
Urgent request for the prioritisation of EU Regulation to combat forced labour: Legislation is key to ensuring EU consumers and businesses do not take part in, and help prevent, the exploitation of human rights. It is therefore concerning that progress on the Forced Labour Regulation in the Council of the EU has been limited.
Petición urgente para que se dé prioridad durante la Presidencia Española de la UE al Reglamento de la UE para combatir el trabajo forzoso: La legislación es clave para garantizar que los consumidores y las empresas de la UE no se vean involucradas en abusos de los derechos humanos, y ayuden a su prevención. Por eso, es preocupante que los avances en el Consejo sobre el Reglamento para prohibir en el mercado de la UE los productos realizados con trabajo forzoso hayan sido limitados hasta la fecha.
La legislación es clave para garantizar que los consumidores y las empresas de la UE no se vean involucradas en abusos de los derechos humanos, y ayuden a su prevención. Por eso, es preocupante que los avances en el Consejo sobre el Reglamento para prohibir en el mercado de la UE los productos realizados con trabajo forzoso hayan sido limitados hasta la fecha.
Urgent request for the prioritisation of EU Regulation to combat forced labour: Legislation is key to ensuring EU consumers and businesses do not take part in, and help prevent, the exploitation of human rights. It is therefore concerning that progress on the Forced Labour Regulation in the Council of the EU has been limited.