Consultancy: Assessment of Laws and Policies - Brussels, België - WWF-België

WWF-België

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Brussels, België

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Sophie Dubois

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Want to make a positive difference to the future of people and our one shared home, the Earth? Working at WWF could be your opportunity of a lifetime.

All around the world, people are waking up to the deepening crisis of nature loss. A growing realisation that nature is our life-support system. And that nobody will be spared from the impacts of its loss. Here at WWF, we are helping to tackle this enormous global challenge.

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From individuals and communities to business and government, we are part of a growing coalition calling on world leaders to set nature on the path to recovery by 2030.

Together, we seek to protect and restore natural habitats, stop the mass extinction of wildlife, and make the way we produce and consume sustainable.

Position type:
Consultancy

Position start:
June 2024 onwards

Position End : 31 October 2024

Pay:
To be negotiated based on projected time commitment

Application Deadline: 5pm (UTC) 27 May 2024

Background

The Tackling Tiger Trafficking Framework (TTTF), developed by 12 organisations and experts in addressing tiger trafficking, recognised that stronger laws and policies would aid in dissuading would be traffickers from tiger trafficking and disrupt tiger trafficking network operations and as a result tiger trafficking will decrease.

This is most important in tiger range countries (TRCs), whether they may be source, transit and/or destination countries for the tiger trade.

While all TRCs have legislation or policies which address tiger trafficking crime, there are known gaps or loopholes which facilitate the continuance of criminal activity.

It is important that legislation covers several key aspects for tiger trafficking crimes, such as:

Trade in actual tiger parts and products (labelled as such or improperly labelled), as well as all products claiming to contain tiger (even if no actual tiger products in them).
Captive as well as wild sourced tigers
Hybrids, e.g. liger, tigons
Management and control of captive facilities breeding licences, registration, individual marking, monitoring, verified disposal of deceased specimens, etc
Cover all aspects of the trade chain poaching, breeding, processing, possession transportation, import/export, sale, keeping for sale, offering for sale, purchase, use
Disposal of confiscated specimens
Tiger trafficking is recognised as a predicate offence, in accordance with UN General Assembly Resolution 73/343 of September 201
Penalties punishable by a maximum prison sentence of at least four years or a more serious penalty to reflect that tiger trafficking is considered a serious crime in accordance with Article 2, subparagraph (b) of UNTOC.
Jurisdiction and responsibility for various elements of the tiger trade crimes (whole chain) clearly allocated to specific authorities, including courts.
Criminal liability of other legal persons (e.g., companies, corporations, etc.) for tiger trafficking.
Provide sufficient mandates for law enforcement agencies tasked with the detection and investigation of tiger trafficking, e.g. including the authority to carry firearms (if appropriate); powers of arrest, search and seizure of illicit wildlife and other criminal assets (and whether with or without a warrant); physical and technical surveillance; use of informants; undercover operations; controlled delivery; interception of phone and internet communications; and conducting financial investigations.
The minimum requirements, and/or barriers, to mount an investigation/prosecution for anti money laundering.

WWF's Tiger Conservation Strategy to 2034 (with the trade part of the strategy also agreed and delivered by TRAFFIC) includes a strategic approach to advocate for maintenance and/or strengthening of national legislation and policy in key countries to comprehensively prohibit tiger trade, close loopholes, and comply with CITES requirements and promote government clarity on these.

In order to inform this strategic approach, and in particular aid in advocacy and communications, this project will undertake an assessment of legislation and policy related to tiger trafficking focused on across all 13 TRCs 1.

This is a project jointly coordinated by WWF and TRAFFIC.

Desired outputs

Criteria for assessment developed, to use in the rest of this project to review laws and policies against. For example, this could be based on the above list, the TTTF, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime's (UNODC's) Guide on Drafting Legislation to Combat Wildlife Crime, and further consultation between WWF Tigers Alive, the consultancy and TRC offices.
A scoring/assessment approach developed to provide a traffic light style simplification of which criteria are included (green), partially included (yellow) and not included (red) for each country.