Faith for Ecocide Law

Faith for Ecocide Law is an inter-religious coalition gathering religious and spiritual leaders and voices to express support for an international crime of Ecocide.

Humanity is at the crossroads, and faith communities have a unique voice for the reverence for Mother Earth/the Creation, and the existential understanding of the relationship between humans and Nature. We are raising this voice in support of new rules for the protection of Nature at a global scale.

News

Ghana: MPs urge Parliament to criminalise ecocide

Iran’s Environment Chief Calls Oil Depot Strikes “Ecocide”

Philippines: Ecocide bill introduced in Congress

Scottish Parliament Votes to Advance Ecocide Bill

Lebanon Condemns Israeli Chemical Spraying as “Ecocide”

Ghana: National crime of ecocide proposed in state-mandated constitutional review

Congo Basin Climate Commission (CBCC), representing 17 states, calls for ecocide to be recognised as an international crime

DRC: National Ecocide Bill Lodged in Parliament

Germany moves to criminalise cases “comparable to ecocide” as EU Directive begins entering national law

Global Civil Society Calls for an International Crime of Ecocide ahead of UN Environment Assembly

India: Ecocide Bill introduced in Parliament

Historic ICC Policy Puts Ecological Harm at the Centre of International Criminal Law

Moldova, Portugal and the EU Sign New Council of Europe Convention Criminalising Harm ‘Tantamount to Ecocide’

COP30: DRC President Calls for International Crime of Ecocide

Ecocide Law Reaches the UN Security Council

We, as people of faith

• are deeply concerned about the ongoing destruction of our home, the Earth.

• demand a global response to prevent mass damage and destruction of ecosystems: Ecocide.

• support creating legal protection for life on Earth by including Ecocide as a crime against peace under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

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