Press statement, Cape Town, 29 January 2016 We call upon the Pakistani authorities to make public the exact location of detention of Mr. Baloch. We furthermore demand that the principles of due process and all of Mr. Baloch’s human rights as internationally recognized, are fully respected. In the late afternoon of 16 January, Mr. Baloch informed his colleagues from the ...
Press Statement, 18 January 2016 Pakistan must release Mr. Saeed Baloch immediately. Mr. Baloch was arrested on 16 January by the Pakistan Rangers, who works under the command of the Pakistan Army. Mr. Baloch is a Human Rights activist since the 1980’ies. He was associated with the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF), that works to protect the socio-economic and political rights ...
Déclaration du Forum mondial des peuples pêcheurs (WFFP) et du Forum mondial des pêcheurs et travailleurs de la pêche (WFF) sur les négociations de la COP21 à Paris en 2015 Alors que les changements climatiques ont des résultats de plus en plus dévastants, il devient clair que les négociations du CCNUCC, dominées par les entreprises, ne font pas partie de ...
Statement issued by World Forum of Fisher Peoples’ (WFFP) & World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers in relation to the COP21 negotiations in Paris, 2015. As the devastating consequences of climate change become ever more disastrous, it is likewise becoming ever more clear that the corporate-dominated UNFCCC-negotiations are not part of the solution but part of the problem. ...
Secretaría Internacional del Foro Mundial de Pueblos Pescadores – 26 de abril de 2015 Del 23 al 27 de marzo de 2014, seis representantes de los movimientos pesqueros mundiales, WFFP y FMPTP, respaldados por CIAPA y dos investigadores, participaron en el foro User Rights 2015 en Siem Reap, Camboya. Estos seis delegados representan a millones de miembros de las comunidades ...
Secrétariat international du WFFP Du 23 au 27 mars 2015, six représentants des deux organisations mondiales de pêcheurs, le WFFP et le WFF, soutenus par l’ICSF et par des chercheurs, ont participé à la Conférence de 2015 sur les droits d’accès à la pêche, à Siem Reap au Cambodge. Ces délégués, même s’ils étaient peu nombreux, représentaient des millions de ...
By the international secretariat of the World Forum of Fisher Peoples – 26 April 2015 On 23-27 March 2014, six representatives from the global fisher movements, the WFFP and WFF, supported by ICSF and a couple of researchers, participated in the UserRights2015 Conference in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Few in numbers, these delegates represent millions of people from indigenous and small-scale fishing ...
World Social Forum, Tunis 23-28 March 2015 Social movements and civil society organizations engaged in the defense of the rights to land and water at the World Social Forum. For four days, the WFFP joined hundreds of activists in the fight against the grabbing of natural resources, including land and fish, and against the systematic violations of the associated human rights. Sharing ...
Tahira Ali Shah (born 1964; † 9 March 2015) The tragic passing of Tahira Ali Shah is an intimate loss of fisher-folk and especially fisher women of Pakistan and across the world. For us, in the WFFP, we mourn her passing. She will be sorely missed. We would like to express our deepest sympathy to you, Muhammed Ali Shah and ...
The WFFP urges for better protection of small-scale fishers at the inter-governmental working group of the Human Rights Council on the rights of peasants, fishers and other people working in rural areas. Since the global food crisis of 2008, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, has emphasized that peasants and other people working in ...