Turning the tide against marine species trafficking: the Wildlife Justice Commission at the Third UN Ocean Conference 

The Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC) took part in the Third United Nations Ocean Conference, held in Nice from 9 to 13 June 2025. With over 60 Heads of State and Government and 15,000 participants in attendance, the UN Ocean Conference served as a pivotal platform for the WJC to draw global attention to a critical yet often overlooked threat: the trafficking of endangered and vulnerable marine species.

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Confronting crime to protect our ocean 

At the UN Oceans Conference in Nice, France, last week, the International Conservation Caucus Foundation UK, the Wildlife Justice Commission, the Environmental Justice Foundation, and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime convened a high-level roundtable at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice to spotlight a critical but under-addressed threat: crimes in the fisheries sector. 

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Advocating for intelligence-led approaches and enhanced cooperation to combat crimes in the fisheries sector

To shed light on the multifaceted challenges posed by illegal activities in our oceans, the Wildlife Justice Commission and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) co-organised a Satellite Event titled “From Surviving to Thriving: Combatting Crimes in the Fisheries Sector for Healthy and Resilient Oceans”, as part of the UN Ocean Decade Week.

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Protecting endangered marine species and conserving our oceans: discussing the criminal justice approach

The Wildlife Justice Commission, together with Sri Lanka, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and United Nations Ocean Decade co-organised a side event on 29 June on “Crime, corruption, and environment: a criminal justice approach for ocean action and achieving SDG 14”.

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