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Nine people indicted for abusing crew members on Taiwan owned fishing vessel – Greenpeace response
The high seas fishing industry uses cost-cutting and illegal fishing tactics, forced labor, and other human rights abuses to stay profitable. This indictment on the nine people who worked on the Da Wang is indicative of a wider problem.
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Resilience? You say it like it’s a good thing.
For many individuals and communities who have lost loved ones and livelihoods to disasters, the term “resilience” is a double-edged sword that can cut both ways. Much like “toxic positivity” in the online sphere in the age of COVID, Filipino communities at the frontlines of climate impacts have been growing weary and wary of the…
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Ratifying and Implementing ILO Convention 188 in ASEAN Member States: Briefing Paper
There is rapidly growing concern over acts of forced labour and human trafficking in the fishing industry on a global scale.
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24 civil organizations call on ASEAN to better protect migrant fishers’ rights
Jakarta, Indonesia, 28 September 2021— Key human rights, migrant worker, and crime government agencies are failing to protect and meet the needs of Southeast Asian migrant fishers working on-board distant…
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Organizations urge U.S. to block imports from Taiwanese seafood giant over forced labor concerns
FCF, which last year acquired major US tuna brand Bumble Bee Seafoods, has previously been accused of poor supply chain management with forced labor, human trafficking, IUU (illegal, unreported, and unregulated) fishing, and illegal shark finning via its vessels, as well as potential links to the deaths of a fishery observer and an Indonesian migrant…
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US government block fishing vessel on suspicion of forced labor – Greenpeace Southeast Asia response
“To ensure the rights and life of fishing crews are protected, we need flag states to uphold international standards and perform proper oversight and safety of their ships so decent work at sea can be achieved."
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Withholding of wages tops forced labour allegations
“Forced Labour at Sea: The Case of Indonesian Migrant Fishers”, looked at complaints from Indonesian migrant fishers filed with SBMI from May 2019 to June 2020 (13 months) to highlight the patterns and types of forced labour accusations on distant water fishing fleets.
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Forced Labour at Sea: The Case of Indonesian Migrant Fisher
In this report, a follow up to "Seabound: The Journey to Modern Slavery on the High Seas” (2019), Greenpeace Southeast Asia analysed complaints from Indonesian migrant fishers over a 13 month period between 2019 - 2020 to show how forced labour indicators have increased.
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Why World Tuna Day matters to all of us right now
World Tuna Day is here to remind us of the importance of how we, as a species, work within the boundaries of our environment: something we’re becoming acutely aware of now on a global scale.
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When women take a stand to protect what they love
We cannot deny that women have come a long way, their influence seen, heard and felt everywhere. Be it in the social, political, or economic spheres, women everywhere continue to make waves, even break barriers.