Ecocide Law in the media
The Wave reports on the publication of the International Criminal Court’s new policy paper on addressing environmental harm.
Isabella Kaminski and Molly Quell for The Wave, 18/12/25
The Brussels Times discusses the significance of the International Criminal Court Office of the Prosecutor’s new policy on addressing environmental damage through the Rome Statute.
Mose Apelblat for The Brussels Times, 15/12/25
A groundbreaking research project on ecocide has secured nearly €2m in EU funding via the European Research Council (ERC).
Gemini Editorial Team for Gemini, 09/12/25
Scottish government minister Gillian Martin has expressed support for the general principles of Monica Lennon’s proposed ecocide legislation.
Dan Vevers for Daily Record Scotland, 07/12/25
Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy, Gillian Martin, endorsed the general principles of Scotland's proposed Ecocide Bill in evidence to the parliamentary Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee.
PA News for Inverness Courier, 02/12/25
In an article written by Sophie Hurwitz, translated into Spanish by Climática, the author explains that the environmental destruction in Gaza must be classified as ecocide, an illegal act that should be defined as an international crime.
Sophie Hurwitz for Climatica, 18/11/25
An article published in the Mexican newspaper El Sur explains the proposal by the Stop Ecocide Foundation's Independent Expert Panel to classify ecocide as an international crime.
Octavio Klimek Alcaraz for El Sur, 15/11/25
In Italy, a landmark ruling imposed criminal sanctions on major polluters for the first time, but what could this mean for Ecocide Law in the UK and globally?
David Burrows for Ends Report, 12/11/25
Speaking at COP30 in Belém, President Félix Tshisekedi of the DRC denounced the deliberate destruction of his country's protected areas and forests.
Radio Okapi, 07/11/25
Sophie Dembinski writes about ecocide law developments globally, including growing support among business and financial leaders.
Sophie Dembinski for Aldersgate Group, 04/11/25
This article unpacks the climate and ecological cost of war, including in Gaza and discuss how Ecocide Law could deter this harm.
Benjamin Neimark and Kate Mackintosh for The Conversation, 04/11/25
Indigenous rights advocate and climate expert Kaeden Watts discusses the role New Zealand could play in advancing an international crime of ecocide.
Kaeden Watts for The Spinoff, 03/11/25
“Rodrigo Lledó, Stop Ecocide International's Americas director, tells Mexican media outlet Milenio that major environmental disasters should be classified as international crimes to hold those responsible for causing massive, long-term, cross-border damage accountable.”
Milenio, 23/10/25
“Criminalising ecocide is about recognising that when ecosystems collapse, so too do the conditions for human dignity.”
Icarus Complex, 22/10/25
“Evlyn Cervantes interviews Rodrigo Lledó, Stop Ecocide International's Americas Director, in Evlyn.online Periodismo Ambiental, about the status, progress, and reluctance surrounding the criminalization of ecocide in Mexico.”
Evlyn Online, 20/10/25
Constanza Soler, Stop Ecocide International’s Americas coordinator, assesses the approval of motion 061 on ecocide by the IUCN as an unprecedented event for global environmental governance.
Econews, 16/10/25
This opinion piece reflects on the evolution of climate activism toward ecocide as a legislative framework to protect the planet as a legal imperative.
Infobae, 13/10/25
An interview with Stop Ecocide International’s Rodrigo Lledó, in which he explains why the concept of “ecocide” has been proposed for inclusion in national laws and for consideration as an international crime.
SPDA Actualidad Ambiental, 06/10/25
The Stop Ecocide International’s Americas team visited Mexico to promote the recognition of ecocide in the Mexican legal framework and at the international level.
Pie de Pagina, 04/10/25
Legal consultant Laura Barón Mendoza analyses how this year’s landmark Advisory Opinion on Climate Change from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights strengthens the movement to prosecute ecocide - mass harm to nature - at the International Criminal Court.
OpinioJuris, 2/10/25
Mexican newspaper El Economista reports on the growing movement to criminalise mass harm to nature in Mexico and Latin America.
El Economista, 02/10/25
George Monbiot presents evidence that Israel is committing ecocide in Gaza and calls for international criminal accountability for the perpetrators.
The Guardian, 27/09/25
CEO of the Mills Institute, Samuel Koku Anyidoho, discusses ecocide law advocacy in Ghana and across Africa.
Modern Ghana, 27/09/2025
Stop Ecocide International's Co-Founder, Jojo Mehta, explores how criminalising ecocide can deter the worst harms to nature through personal criminal accountability for senior decision-makers.
The Geographer, 15/09/2025
Stop Ecocide International's Americas Director, Rodrigo Lledó, discusses the major recent climate advisory opinions from two of the world’s top international courts.
Econews, 21/08/2025
International lawyers Professor Philippe Sands KC & Catherine Savard discuss the rapidly growing movement to criminalise mass harm to nature – ecocide.
British Medical Journal, 20/08/2025
Stop Ecocide International’s Americas Coordinator, Constanza Soler, discusses the movement to criminalise ecocide.
Ambiente y Medio, 12/08/25
Co-Lead for Youth for Ecocide Law Léa Weimann argues that groundbreaking international legal developments are strengthening environmental protection.
Léa Weimann for Earth.org, 01/08/25
An interview with Monica Lennon MSP about her proposed legislation to criminalise ecocide in Scotland.
Adele Merson and Andy Philip for The Press and Journal, 31/07/25
Environmental lawyer Dana Zartner names ecocide law as among five legal strategies that she is now seeing most often in legal action relating to the environment.
Dana Zartner for The Conversation, 23/07/25