Today the Expert Group Meeting convened for the development of a Legislative Guide on combatting crimes in the fisheries sector, intended to support States in enacting or strengthening domestic legislation to prevent and combat these illicit activities, which can represent...

This workshop is based on the 2009 FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, and complementary international instruments and it aims at strengthen governance of the Fisheries Resources of Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti and Eritrea during...

On December 2, 2021, the FAO Development Law Service (LEGN), FAO Chile and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), together as part of the United Nations System in Chile, organized a webinar on the Right to...

Tools to connect different sources of law and scientific knowledge Participatory and informed law-making processes can dramatically improve the governance of natural resources. However, in countries where this governance is particularly weak, efforts to strengthen the legislative framework are sometimes considered to be of...