Wednesday July 2nd, 12:00 - 13:30 ET / 18:00 - 19:30 CEST

This session will discuss a gap in the International Criminal Court's subject matter jurisdiction – its inability to investigate and prosecute those who knowingly cause widespread or long-term damage to the environment – and the movement by civil society to amend the Rome Statute to address that gap.

Our panel of experts will provide insights into the legal framework of international environmental criminal, corporate and state liability, and procedural steps required to integrate ecocide into existing international law.

The program will be of interest to lawyers practicing in the areas of environmental, criminal, and human rights laws, and to everyone interested in the development of international law to address climate change and the environment.

Moderators:

Daniel Appelman and Deena Hurwitz, Co-Chairs, International Human Rights Committee, ABA Section on Civil Rights & Social Justice.

Panelists:

Kate Mackintosh, Executive Director and Professor from Practice, UCLA Law Promise Institute Europe; Advisory Group for the ICC Prosecutor’s Policy on Environmental Crimes; Deputy Co-Chair, Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide (2020-2021).

Debbie Buyaki, Global Co-Lead, Youth For Ecocide Law and Founder, Youth For Ecocide Law Africa; Bachelors, Criminal Justice and Criminology and International Law, University of Nairobi.

Lisa Oldring, Senior Fellow, UCLA Law Promise Institute Europe; Advisory Board Member, Stop Ecocide International; doctoral candidate, University of Amsterdam Faculty of Law.

Darryl Robinson, Professor, Queen’s University, Faculty of Law (Canada); International Criminal Law expert.