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Comments Concerning the Ranking of Taiwan by the U.S. Department of State in the 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report
Publication Date: April 1, 2021 Author: GLJ-ILRF and Greenpeace on behalf of the Seafood Working Group This document contains the Seafood Working Group (SWG)’s comments concerning Taiwan’s ranking in the…
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Fisheries Observers are Human Rights Defenders on the World’s Oceans
Fisheries observers are human rights defenders on the world’s oceans. These individuals work independently onboard commercial fishing vessels around the world to collect scientific data on the state of the…
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Policy Briefing: Why the Department of Labor Must Put Taiwan-caught Tuna on its List of Goods Produced by Forced Labor
Last December, Greenpeace and 23 additional NGOs, trade unions, and businesses sent a letter to the US Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) Office of Child Labor,…
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Choppy Waters – Forced Labor and Illegal Fishing in Taiwan’s Distant Water Fisheries
DOWNLOAD THE REPORT Taiwan is one of the world’s largest distant water fishing (DWF) powers, with over 1,100 Taiwanese-flagged vessels fishing across our oceans and hundreds more Taiwanese-owned vessels flagged…
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Why Bumble Bee Tuna Should Concern You (Hint: It’s Human Rights and Destructive Fishing)
Many Americans are thinking a lot more than they’d like about canned food during this national health crisis. A new report published by Greenpeace East Asia today highlights an old…
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Greenpeace Sustainability, Labour & Human Rights, and Chain of Custody Asks for Retailers, Brand Owners and Seafood Companies
Greenpeace seeks a substantial transformation from fisheries production dominated by large-scale, socially and economically unjust, and environmentally destructive methods to prioritise smaller scale, community-based, labour intensive fisheries using ecologically responsible,…
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Human Rights for Migrant Fishers
Abolish the Overseas Employment Scheme for Migrant Fishers and Expedite the Domestication of ILO Convention No. 188
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The Two-Tiered System: Discrimination, Modern Slavery and Environmental Destruction on the High Seas
Greenpeace welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Inaugural Plenary Meeting of the ILO SEA Forum for Fishers. The issue of discrimination in the global distant water fishing (DWF) industry…
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Plastic Straws Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Much of the stuff that accumulates during the holidays comes with single-use plastic packaging. We open a gift, rip it out of the package, and toss the plastic into a…
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This is Where Plastic Goes When You Throw It ‘Away’
I’ve spent the past two weeks in Hawaii with the Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise. As nice as it was to have a chance to come to Oahu for a series of…