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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.

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.

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.

The Critical Raw Materials Regulation must not inadvertently or by design open the door to commercial deep-sea mining. Consistent with the precautionary principle, this new EU law should prevent the extraction, processing and import of critical raw materials exploited from the deep sea, unless the available scientific evidence establishes that deep-sea mining does not risk harming biodiversity and marine ecosystems or disrupting the oceanic carbon cycle.

Our ocean is the blue beating heart of our planet, but we are putting this irreplaceable ecosystem under extreme pressure. In this manifesto, we lay out a roadmap for the protection of the ocean, providing clear policy recommendations to save our seas and safeguard our future.

The Pantanal is the world’s largest tropical wetland and home to rich biodiversity, Indigenous peoples and traditional communities. It is, however, quickly disappearing with the intensification of cattle ranching and monoculture farming, including soy plantations.

This briefing highlights the benefits of introducing a 'carding system' to the proposed Forced Labour Regulation to prohibit products made with forced labour on the EU market, inspired by the successes of the EU's Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) Fishing Regulation.

This briefing uses theoretical examples to show how applying the 'margin of tolerance' to the total catch of EU vessels could drive significant overfishing of tropical tuna.

Investing in deep-sea mining should be seen as extremely high-risk given threats to biodiversity, unpredictable demand, unproven technology, the risk of litigation and reputational risk.

한국의 수산물 수입은 증가 추세에 있지만, 이를 감시 및 규제하는 보호 장치가 강력하지 않아 불법 어업과 관련성이 높은 수산물이 한국 시장에 유입되고 있는 실정이다. 한국 정부는 국민들이 본인도 모르게 환경 파괴적인 어업과 인권 침해를 지지하게 되는 상황을 방지하기 위해수산물 공급망의 투명성과 추적성을 강화해야 할 것이다.

A rise in seafood imports and a lack of supply chain safeguards is allowing the products of illegal fishing to enter the Korean market. The Korean government must improve transparency and traceability measures to ensure consumers are not driving environmentally destructive fishing and human rights abuses at sea.

الالتزام بالقضاء على الصيد المحظور بالكيس وعمل خطة للقيام بذلك، بالتنسيق مع ولاية صفاقس والمعنيين بالمجتمع

المدني والبحارة وتجار الأسماك، وتحديد موعد واضح لإنهاء تنفيذ تلك الخطة بنهاية العام 2024 نظرا لخطورة الموضوع.

The Gulf of Gabès in Tunisia is exceptionally important, but its local traditions, economies and rich marine habitats are disappearing. A form of illegal bottom trawling known as kiss trawling is responsible - immediate action is needed to end it.

Le Conseil de l'ISA doit mettre en œuvre un moratoire sur l'exploitation minière en eaux profondes afin d'éviter des dommages irréversibles aux environnements marins, à la faune marine et à la justice environnementale

The ISA Council must implement a moratorium on deep-sea mining to prevent irreversible harm to marine environments, ocean wildlife and environmental justice.