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A new scholarly paper by a team of environmental experts proposes the expansion of a model originally designed to protect global fisheries from depletion — known collectively as “Fishery Improvement Projects” (FIPs) — to include the protection of fishers’ human rights in the scope of their initiatives;
Authors launch “call to action” proposing collaboration between FIPs and Worker-driven Social Responsibility (WSR) efforts with goal of “increas[ing] uptake and implementation of worker-driven, enforceable agreements, and mandatory HRDD [Human Rights Due Diligence] in seafood value chains”
Summary:
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FIPs
paper’s
authors
recognize
WSR
as
uniquely
effective
for
human
rights
enforcement
in
global
supply
chains,
writing,
“any
supply
chain
intervention
must
look
towards
worker-driven
social
responsibility
models
for
effective
and
enduring
change
for
fishworker
communities,”
going
on
to
elaborate
that
fishers
must,
“know
their
rights,
have
access
to
effective
grievance
and
remediation
mechanisms,
and
have
agency
over
the
design
and
implementation
of
processes
that
may
directly
or
indirectly
affect
them.”


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Authors
also
recognize
shortcomings
of
FIP
model
for
purposes
of
human
rights
due
diligence,
writing,
“We
completely
agree
and
acknowledge
the
the
FIP
model
is
not
the
panacea
for
improving
fishworkers’…
rights,”
explaining
further
“we
also
agree
that
the
current
policies,
frameworks,
and
assessment
tools
in
use
are
imperfect.”


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Authors
launch
a
“call
to
action”
for
FIPs
to
affirmatively
expand
their
goals
and
actions
to
include
monitoring
and
protecting
fishers’
human
rights
as
part
of
a
broader
coalition
with
WSR
initiatives.
In
this
proposed
coalition,
FIPs
efforts
and
their
existing
buyer
relationships
around
environmental
protection
of
fisheries
“may
be
leveraged
to
support
binding
and
enforceable
agreements
between
buyers
and
fishworker
representative
organizations
advancing
human
rights
and
labor
rights
protections
in
seafood
supply
chains.”
The
authors
add,
“FIPs
should
require
participating
businesses
to
undertake
HRDD.
Specifically,
brands
and
retailers
must
commit
to
effectively
supporting
human
rights
and
environmental
due
diligence
in
their
supply
chains
and
ensuring
it
is
reflected
and
enforced
in
their
procurement
polices
with
suppliers.”
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