Wildlife Justice Commission

Wildlife Justice Commission
Founded 03 March 2015
Type Non-Governmental Organization
Website wildlifejustice.org

The Wildlife Justice Commission is an international non-governmental organization, with its headquarters in The Hague, the Netherlands. The organization was registered at Kamer van Koophandel as a charitable foundation under Dutch Law, on March 4, 2015. [1] Their work focuses on conducting intelligence-led investigations into criminal networks illegal trading in wildlife and wildlife products of endangered species, based on CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora).The gathered evidence is put into a case file. Their investigations are reviewed by members of an independent panel consisting of international lawyers, judges, law enforcement experts and journalists.

Achievements

Viet Nam investigation In 2016 Wildlife Justice Commission delivered a case file consisting of intelligence into illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife products to Viet Nam (January 2016)[2] and China (February 2016)[3]. In November 2016 a Public Hearing was held on this case[4][5] Al Jazeera English also reported on this case. [6].

Affiliations

The Wildlife Justice Commission cooperates with NGOs, IGOs, governments, industry and private individuals.

Designated Independent Review Panel for the Vietnam Public Hearing 2016

Edgardo Buscaglia , Fatoumata Dembélé Diarra , Anton Du Plessis , Diego García-Sayán [7], Misha Glenny , Philippe Kirsch , Isaac Lenaola

Funding

Nationale Postcode Loterij, Oak Foundation, The Wildcat Foundation, Adessium, WNF & Peace Parks Foundation, Swedish Postcode Foundation, Nando Peretti Foundation, Brook Foundation, Woodtiger, Municipality of The Hague, Ministry of Economic Affairs.

Ambassadors

Innocent Chukwuma, Aguibou Diarrah, Stanley Johnson, Caroline Kende – Robb, Wim Kok, Sang- Hyun Song, Lousewies van der Laan, Dr. A.H.E.M. Nout Wellink

References

  1. ↑ the Wildlife Justice Commission international body launches in effort to combat biggest al capone poachers wildlifejustice.org, the Hague, Retrieved 2017/09/17
  2. ↑ WJC Case File delivered to Viet Nam wildlifejustice.org, the Hague, Retrieved 2017/09/17
  3. ↑ WJC Case File government China wildlifejustice.org, the Hague, Retrieved 2017/09/17
  4. ↑ Public Hearing Concludes Viet Nam fails to crack down on wildlife trafficking Retrieved from Mongabay, 2017/09/17.
  5. ↑ Illegal wildlife trafficking Vietnam almost unchecked despite grand gestures claims the Hague Retrieved from IBT, 2017/09/17.
  6. ↑ Al Jazeera: The Poachers Pipeline Retrieved from Youtube, 2017/09/17
  7. ↑ Vida silvestre y crimen organizado , El Pais, Retrieved 2016/11/17

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