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Jun 12, 2014Thailand stands alone in opposition to international efforts to tackle forced labourRead
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Jun 11, 2014Modern Slavery on Thai trawlers exposed by the GuardianRead
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Apr 29, 2014Leading Restaurants Show Support for Sustainable SeafoodRead
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Apr 11, 2014Katharine Hamnett CBE Joins EJF As PatronRead
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Reports
Mar 27, 2014The Gathering Storm: Climate Change, Security and ConflictRead
It demonstrates how some of the most vulnerable people in the world are the first and worst affected by climate change, exposed to negative impacts which erode their human rights and place their homes, livelihoods and cultures at risk.
The report analyses how climate change exacerbates resource competition and water scarcity, generates widespread displacement and risks overwhelming some of the world’s fragile and post-conflict states. It calls for climate change to be recognised as a human rights issue as well as an environmental issue and highlights the need for urgent international action to respond to the human and national security challenges that climate change presents.
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Mar 27, 2014Climate change is an emerging concern on security agendasRead
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Feb 13, 2014Lily Cole and Vivienne Westwood at EJF event at SelfridgesRead
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Feb 04, 2014Dame Vivienne Westwood and Lily Cole join EJF at SelfridgesRead
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Jan 16, 2014EJF releases report into human rights and labour abuses in the Bangladesh shrimp industryRead
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Nov 29, 2013New Zealand High Court rejects Kiribati climate refugee appealRead
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Nov 26, 2013EU Fisheries Commissioner bans three countries from exporting fish to the EU and formally warns KoreaRead
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Nov 05, 2013EJF joins Climate Revolution and bee friendly students at Royal Holloway UniversityRead
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Reports
Sep 26, 2013The Hidden Cost: Human Rights Abuses in Thailand's Shrimp IndustryRead
The report exposes the reliance of Thailand’s shrimp industry on migrant workers, many of whom are trafficked and face arduous journeys, and even armed robbery, before enduring abusive conditions in shrimp processing factories. During investigations carried out in October 2012 and March 2013, EJF gathered evidence of perilous human trafficking into Thailand, as well as serious labour and human rights violations in shrimp facilities.
The Hidden Cost: Human Rights Abuses in Thailand’s Shrimp Industry follows EJF’s Sold to the Sea report, published in May this year, which revealed evidence of human trafficking, labour abuse and the routine use of violence, including murder, in the Thai fishing industry.
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Sep 26, 2013EJF releases report into human rights abuses in Thailand’s shrimp industryRead
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Sep 25, 2013Kimberly Wyatt donates red-carpet clothes to EJF pop up shopRead
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Sep 24, 2013EJF's 'Postcards from the Frontlines' goes live!Read
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Sep 11, 2013Climate Refugees need protectionRead
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Aug 23, 2013Don't forget the cotton fieldsRead
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Films
Aug 12, 2013What does home mean to you?Read
What does home mean to you?
Join our call to action to the United Nations Human Rights Council to adopt a new mandate for a special rapporteur on climate change and human rights.
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Aug 09, 2013Key Suspect in EJF Human Trafficking Investigation ArrestedRead
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Jun 20, 2013World Refugee DayRead
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Jun 16, 2013Thailand retained on US human trafficking watchlist for 4th consecutive yearRead
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Jun 12, 2013EJF welcomes Spanish leadership in addressing human trafficking in fishingRead
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Jun 05, 2013World Environment DayRead
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Reports
May 29, 2013Sold to the Sea: Human Trafficking in Thailand's Fishing IndustryRead
The report exposes severe human rights abuses associated with human trafficking in Thailand's fishing industry and documents the testimonies of Burmese workers, as young as 16, who were forced onto fishing vessels for many months and subjected to arduous, often violent, working conditions without pay.
The report details testimonies of crew murdered at sea, and on shore, and the shocking figure from a 2009 survey by the United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking (UNIAP) that found 59% of interviewed migrants trafficked aboard Thai fishing boats reported witnessing the murder of a fellow worker.
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May 29, 2013EJF investigation reveals human rights abuses in Thailand's fishing industryRead
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Dec 11, 2012Climate change: It’s not just an environmental issue; it’s a human rights issue tooRead
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Dec 10, 2012Responding to Doha on Human Rights DayRead
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Reports
Dec 06, 2012A Nation Under Threat: The impacts of climate change on human rights and forced migration in BangladeshRead
The report is based on the findings of an EJF field investigation in Bangladesh. It reveals the significant damage to vital infrastructure, widespread devastation to housing, reduced access to fresh water for drinking, sanitation and irrigation, and rising poverty and hunger caused by increasingly extreme weather events and the gradual but sustained deterioration in environmental security.
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Dec 04, 2012Give a little and change a lot: EJF’s climate refugees campaign joins The Big Give Christmas ChallengeRead
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Nov 09, 2012The big give 2012Read
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Nov 07, 2012EJF’s Climate Challenge and Student PackRead
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Reports
Oct 18, 2012EJF Consumer Guide to PrawnsRead
Prawn production has been linked to a number of environmental problems and human rights abuses. This guide aims to clarify the issues and help you make the right choices when buying prawns.
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Oct 10, 2012Where does your shrimp come from?Read
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Films
Oct 03, 2012Just: Pop Up Store in Carnaby Street 2012Read
Just: Pop Up Store in Carnaby Street 2012
You'll find lots of lovely T-shirts in support of our campaigns for human rights and environmental consciousness. All our T-shirts are made of organic, fairly traded cotton in low-carbon, wind-powered factories that respect the environment and workers' rights.
If you can't make it to Carnaby Street, take a look at our online shop and get inspired: www.just-for.co.uk
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Films
Sep 25, 2012Climate Change and Human RightsRead
Climate Change and Human Rights
In many of the world's poorest countries, its impacts already undermine people’s right to life, health, food, water, housing and self-determination. Where the impacts are felt most acutely, the only way to survive is to move. Today, these climate refugees outnumber refugees fleeing persecution and violence by three to one.
EJF works to raise awareness of this humanitarian crisis and ensure the well-being and welfare of those affected. We campaign for a new, legally-binding instrument for their legal recognition, protection and assistance.
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Films
Sep 20, 2012Home Truths: Anil Krishna RoyRead
Home Truths: Anil Krishna Roy
There's No Place Like Home: Campaigning for environmental security and human rights
Each year, millions of people are forced from their homes and land by climate-related, natural disasters. Some of these people are displaced by sudden onset storms and flooding, others by longer term hazards such as drought and desertification. Most are from the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries. Many face an uncertain future, with nowhere to go and no means to survive.
EJF works to raise awareness and improve the well-being and welfare of these climate refugees. We campaign for a new, legally-binding instrument for their legal recognition, protection and assistance.
Help us get their voices heard
EJF’s Home Truths – the Climate Witness Network is working to connect people around the world, empowering them to start a dynamic conversation on climate change, providing a platform where people can share their thoughts, ideas and hopes. EJF is helping individuals and communities to document the issues that affect them, using photography and film to show what it is like to live on the frontline of climate change.
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Films
Sep 20, 2012Home Truths: Taslima BegumRead
Home Truths: Taslima Begum
There's No Place Like Home: Campaigning for environmental security and human rights
Each year, millions of people are forced from their homes and land by climate-related natural disasters. Some of these people are displaced by sudden onset storms and flooding, others by longer term hazards such as drought and desertification. Most live in the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries. Many face an uncertain future, with nowhere to go and no means to survive.
EJF works to raise awareness and improve the well-being and welfare of these climate refugees. We campaign for a new, legally-binding instrument for their legal recognition, protection and assistance.
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Films
Sep 16, 2012All At SeaRead
All At Sea
An EJF film that exposes the abuse of human rights on illegal fishing vessels.
Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, or pirate fishing, has been recognised as one of the major threats to the world's fish stocks. However, the focus so far has mostly been on the impacts on marine life and on local fishing communities. While these problems are extremely serious, there's one more that is rarely reported: human rights violations. Escaping regulatory checks on their catches, IUU vessel operators frequently get away with seriously abusing the human rights of their crews.
In this film, we look at the conditions in which people on board vessels that engage in pirate fishing live and work.
All at Sea was screened at the 13th UN Association Film Festival in 2010.
Soundtrack by Tom Strang.
With thanks to the sound studio 4AM Productions.
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Sep 12, 2012All At Sea (Short Version)Read
All At Sea (Short Version)
Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, or pirate fishing, has been recognised as one of the major threats to the world's fish stocks. However, the focus so far has mostly been on the impacts on marine life and on local fishing communities. While these problems are extremely serious, there's one more that is rarely reported: human rights violations. Escaping regulatory checks on their catches, IUU vessel operators frequently get away with seriously abusing the human rights of their crews. In this film, we look at the conditions in which people on board vessels that engage in pirate fishing live and work.
All at Sea was screened at the 13th UN Association Film Festival in 2010.
Soundtrack by Tom Strang.
With thanks to the sound studio 4AM Productions.