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Ecuador becomes the latest signatory to the Copenhagen Declaration
We are happy to announce that the Blue Justice secretariat recently received formal notification of Ecuador joining the Copenhagen Declaration. Support for the 2018 Ministers’ Declaration on Transnational Organised Crime in the Global Fishing Industry – the Copenhagen Declaration – is on the rise globally. The Norwegian government, via its …
Brazil joins the Copenhagen Declaration
On 22 April 2021, Brazil became the 35th state to support the Copenhagen Declaration. The special occasion was celebrated with a widely attended digital signing ceremony that was arranged by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Ministry of Fisheries and Seafood and UNDP. The special event …
Fiji becomes first country to test the Blue Justice Community
On 22-23 February 2021, the first Blue Justice Community workshop was arranged in Suva, Fiji, in collaboration between the Blue Justice Initiative Secretariat in the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries , UNDP’s Nordic Representative Office (NRO), the Fijian Ministry of Fisheries, and the UNDP country office in Fiji. …
Nicaragua signed the Copenhagen Declaration
On the 3rd of December 2020 Foreign Minister Denis Ronaldo Moncada Colindres of Nicaragua signed the international declaration against transnational organized crime in the global fishing industry. Minister Moncada Colindres also attended the high level Blue Justice Conference on the 10th December where he stated: “The Government of Nicaragua considers …
Panama formally supports the Copenhagen Declaration
On the 3rd of December 2020 it was confirmed through the Panamanian Embassy in Stockholm that they formally supports the Copenhagen Declaration in order to “build capacity that supports cross-border cooperation between countries to create a sustainable and fair blue economy free from fisheries crime”.
The Blue Justice Forum webinar series has become a platform with global reach
The Blue Justice Forum webinar series was launched back in August 2020 by the UNDP Blue Resilience project in conjunction with the Blue Justice Initiative’s Secretariat. The aim was to create a platform where experts and stakeholders from all corners of the world could gather on a weekly basis to …
Launch: Blue Resilience project in cooperation with the Blue Justice Initiative
On Wednesday 16 September 2020 the Blue Resilience project will be launched. The project is in cooperation with the Blue Justice Initiative via the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries.
Second Blue Justice Forum webinar held: Human Trafficking the Fisheries Sector: The Indonesian Example
The second webinar in the series of the Blue Justice Forum, facilitated by the UNDP’s Blue Resilience project in conjunction with the Blue Justice Initiative’s Secretariat, was held on 3 September 2020. The webinar was hosted by the Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative (IOJI) and attracted considerable attention, focusing on the …
First Blue Justice Forum webinar held: The SDGs and Organized Crime in Fisheries
The Blue Justice Forum, facilitated by the UNDP’s Blue Resilience project in conjunction with the Blue Justice Initiative’s Secretariat, was launched on 27 August 2020 by a highly informative webinar entitled ‘How do the UN Sustainable Development Goals address and help to tackle organized crime in the fisheries sector?’ Julia …
Consultation on Covid-19 Implications for Fisheries Crime Law Enforcement
On the 29 June 2020 the Blue Justice Initiative in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organized a consultation on COVID-19 implications for Fisheries Crime Law Enforcement. The consultation had participation of experts from Colombia, Senegal, Norway, Morocco, Kenya and organizations such as UNODC, UNDP, Indonesian Ocean Justice …
Blue Justice Initiative’s liaison at the Norwegian Police
As of July 2020, the Secretariat of the Blue Justice Initiative will have a fisheries liaison at the Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime (Økokrim). Eve de Coning will join the analysis unit of Økokrim, where she will assist Økokrim and Norwegian police units …
Scotland supports the Copenhagen Declaration
On the 25 November 2019 the Scottish Fisheries Minister, Fergus Ewing, gave his formal support to the Copenhagen Declaration in Oslo.