Environmental Justice Foundation

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[Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation]

Our statement.

[Costas Kadis @CostasKadis]

We have clear 🇪🇺common priorities with Environmental Justice Foundation. In today’s meeting, I found a precious ally for zero tolerance in effectively fighting illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and safeguarding the health of our ocean.

[Open Seas @TheOpenSeas]

This shocking footage shows dead marine life dumped on the seabed all in an effort to supply the market for scampi. Lack of monitoring means discarding like this can continue without any effective oversight. UK supermarkets are branding scampi as “responsibly sourced” but failing to do anything to actually resolve this issue.

Support our campaign #SayNoToScampi by urging supermarkets to take more effective action: https://t.co/7P8hYqt2zi

[GENeva Environment Network @GENetwork]

@SREnvironment @ciel_tweets @FranceONUGeneve @UNHumanRights @Earthjustice @IucnOcean @ejfoundation @UNECE @IISD_news @IGFMining @IUCN Challenging the assumption that more critical materials are necessary for a green transition, Martin Webeler of Environmental Justice Foundation stresses it is possible to reduce the mineral demand by 58% if we implement #CircularEconomy measures.

[GENeva Environment Network @GENetwork]

As part of the #GENeva Dialogues on Mineral and Metal Resources, this #GRET2025 highlights threats of #DeepSeaMining, violations of fundamental rights it can imply and effective protection instruments addressing such threats.

▶️ https://t.co/XK92eE7MTD
📽️ https://t.co/3BPWa4JSim

[Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation]

Join the diverse and growing coalition of voices rising up in opposition.

Urge your government to stand up and support a moratorium on deep-sea mining before it's too late: https://t.co/ftozRozLPz
#StopTheMachines #DefendTheDeep

[Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation]

Deep-sea mining threatens marine life, the global climate cycle, food security, and underwater cultural heritage.

Alongside scientists, Indigenous peoples, financial institutions, civil society, 32 countries, and many more organisations – we are saying no to #DeepSeaMining ⬇️

[Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @DeepSeaConserve]

⌛ The clock is ticking. As the ISA rushes to finalize a Mining Code and The Metals Company exploitation application looms, our deep sea – Earth’s largest carbon sink – faces irreversible harm from #DeepSeaMining.

Join the global movement to #StopTheMachines.

[Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation]

Our report also uncovered that fish tainted by this modern slavery may be reaching global markets.

We cannot turn a blind eye to this suffering at sea when we may be finding the products of it on our plates. It’s time for strong transparency measures.
https://t.co/R2E0CWMoMk

[Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation]

Our investigation into illegal fishing and human rights abuses on board China’s distant-water fleet in the Southwest Indian Ocean made an unprecedented discovery – evidence of North Korean labour at sea.

This likely violates UN sanctions.

[Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation]

These efforts to hide the presence of North Koreans and keep them on board for long periods of time are evidence of a particularly severe case of forced labour.

This takes place alongside illegal fishing, emphasising the wider trend of weak transparency in global fisheries.

[Industrias Pesqueras @IPesqueras]

#Informe | Un informe de @ejfoundation expone abusos de la flota china a civiles norcoreanos que pudieron permanecer atrapados durante una década en el mar.

👉🏼La ONG urge medidas de transparencia a Estados y ORP para combatir el trabajo forzoso:

https://t.co/DbzJWeZMxw

[The Independent @Independent]

China's tuna vessels used North Korea crews in breach of UN bans, report says https://t.co/rqjH7myJ2E

[Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation]

Products of North Korean labour are making their way into global markets due to weak fisheries management and port controls.

Human rights abuses and illegal fishing have no place in our world. We must shed light on them to prevent more suffering. https://t.co/9Ht99ZgXLi

[Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation]

Forced labour, physical abuse, and isolation for years at sea.

Our new, unprecedented investigation has uncovered evidence of these abuses committed against North Korean crew on board China’s fleet in the Southwest Indian Ocean.

Read “Trapped at Sea” ➡️ https://t.co/R2E0CWMoMk

[Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation]

Not only were the rights of the North Korean civilians restricted, the crew reportedly experienced physical abuse, verbal abuse and excessive overtime.

We also found rampant illegal fishing on board these vessels, including shark finning and the capture of animals like dolphins.

[Alex Howlett @AlexHowlett2]

“Their families don’t have any idea whether they are still alive or not"

@nytimes coverage of @ejfoundation's new report revealing that Chinese fishing vessels used North Korean labour in breach of UN sanctions. The NK crew spent up to a decade at sea

https://t.co/PsFrVV1Oke