Vanuatu: Ban on Harvesting Sea Cucumbers and Clams
(Dec. 2, 2007) According to a media report of November 12, 2007, Vanuatu's Fisheries Department has issued a maximum five-year ban on sea-cucumber harvesting and a total ban on clam shell harvesting....
View ArticleIndonesia; Vanuatu: Vanuatu Parliament Passes Resolution on West Papua...
(July 21, 2010) On June 21, 2010, it was reported that the Vanuatu Parliament had unanimously passed a motion to raise questions with the United Nations regarding the status of West Papua, which is...
View ArticleVanuatu: Fourteen Politicians Sentenced to Prison for Corruption
(Oct. 26, 2015) On October 22, 2015, the Vanuatu Supreme Court sentenced 14 sitting members of parliament (MPs), including the Speaker of Parliament and the Deputy Prime Minister, to terms of...
View ArticleVanuatu: Amendments to Reserve Seats in Parliament for Women to Be Introduced
(May 27, 2016) On May 20, 2016, the Vanuatu Minister of Justice, Ronald Warsal, stated in a radio interview that the government would introduce a bill that would reserve a certain number of seats for...
View ArticleVanuatu: Right to Information Law Comes into Force
(Feb. 10, 2017) On February 6, 2017, Vanuatu’s first freedom of information law came into effect, following the unanimous passage of the law by the Parliament on November 24, 2016. (Right to...
View ArticleSeveral Pacific Countries Announce Bans on Single-Use Plastic Bags
(July 18, 2018) On July 11, 2018, it was reported that Niue was the latest Pacific Island country to announce a ban on single-use plastic bags, following the implementation of a similar ban in Vanuatu,...
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