European countries adopt ‘game-changing’ environmental law treaty

“The term ‘ecocide’ does not appear in the text of the Convention, but campaigners like Stop Ecocide International say most conduct described as ‘ecocide’ will be criminalised under provisions dealing with particularly serious offences.”

Irish Legal News, 15/05/25

“States will now be able to prosecute acts akin to ecocide”

“The Council of Europe has just adopted an international treaty which will help member countries to tackle serious environmental crime. States will now be able to prosecute intentional acts that result in environmental disasters that are akin to ecocide.”

Rosie Frost for Euronews, 14/05/25

The massive penalties public bodies and water companies would face for ecocide in Scotland

“Scotland’s ecocide laws could result in public bodies such as councils and water companies facing criminal prosecutions, the MSP bringing forward the legislation has suggested.”

David Bol for The Scotsman, 04/05/25

“The word ecocide highlights the seriousness of the nature crisis”

Bart Joachim Bes, Co-Lead for Stop Ecocide Danmark, writes about the rhetorical power of the term ecocide, as well as the potential of ecocide law to bring about transformative change in environmental protection.

Bart Joachim Bes for Altinget, 30/04/25

Interviewing Jojo Mehta, Law for Nature: “It was 2017 when, together with her best friend, she founded Stop Ecocide International”

Italian magazine Donna Moderna interviews Jojo Mehta, Co-Founder & CEO of Stop Ecocide International, about her work to criminalise mass harm to nature.

Stefania Divertito for Donna M oderna, 18/04/25

Oil and silence: Time to champion ecocide law and hold power to account

Voke Ighorodje, Director of the international justice programme at the REED Centre, writes about ecocide law in an op-ed for the Nigerian outlet Premium Times.

Voke Ighorodje for Premium Times Nigeria, 12/04/25

Efforts to criminalise ecocide gather pace

The Times covers the rapidly growing movement to make ecocide an international crime.

Ben Cooke for The T imes, 03/04/25

“Swedish business leaders express support for ecocide as an international crime”

“The CEO of Gothenburg Port Authority is one of several Swedish business leaders who have expressed their support for stricter legislation against ecocide”

Lovisa Herold for Dagens Nyheter, 19/03/25

The case for ecocide law: Why the private sector needs guardrails

“Tessa Clarke, co-founder and CEO at Olio, makes the case for robust legislation to prevent and punish ecocide, outlining how it could make doing business sustainably the norm.”

Tessa Clarke for edie, 12/03/25

Eco-thugs be warned! You could be charged with ecocide

CBC’s Laura Lynch explores the movement to make ecocide an international crime and speaks to Stop Ecocide International’s CEO and Co-Founder, Jojo Mehta.

Laura Lynch for CBC, 07/03/25

“Our unique planet needs an international law that truly protects it, a law against ecocide”"

“We urgently need a paradigm shift. We need global commitments to be translated into concrete actions, with effective accountability mechanisms. One hopeful proposal is the initiative led by Stop Ecocide International , which seeks to make ecocide the fifth crime under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.“

Rodrigo Lledó for EcoNews, 05/03/25

“Ecocide is a powerful word. It means nothing less than the destruction of our livelihoods”

Climate Talk speaks to Wolf-Christian Hingst, Branch Lead for Stop Ecocide Deutschland, about the movement to criminalise mass environmental destruction, known as ecocide.

Sven Focken-Kremer for Climate Talk Deutschland, 20/02/25

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En el programa ‘Sin Fin’ hablan con Constanza Soler, Coordinadora regional de Stop Ecocidio Internacional, sobre la campaña a nivel mundial y de los avances desde ‘Argentina Sin Ecocidio’, para que el ecocidio sea tipificado como delito en Argentina. 13/02/2025

Ecocide: the environmental crime seeking to be codified in Argentina

“Argentine citizens have launched a campaign on Change.org to have ecocide classified as a crime in the country. With the slogan ‘Argentina Without Ecocide’ , the initiative has already gathered more than 20,000 signatures…”

Nota Alpie, 07/02/25

“Significant efforts being made to criminalise ecocide in Türkiye”

An overview of the movement to make ecocide a crime in Türkiye.

Birgün, 02/02/25

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¿Qué mensaje damos como sociedad cuando los delitos ambientales tienen penas excarcelables? Necesitamos herramientas legales sólidas para que estos crímenes se traten con la seriedad que merecen.

Entrevista a Rodrigo Lledó, Director para América de Stop Ecocidio Internacional. 30/01/2025

Supreme Court judgement compares tannery pollution in Palar river to an ‘ecocide’

“The Supreme Court on Thursday compared the irreversible damage caused by the discharge of untreated effluents from tanneries in Vellore into the Palar river… to an ‘ecocide’.”

Krishnadas Rajagopal for The Hindu, 30/02/25

What’s Ecocide and What Does It Have To Do With Fashion?

“Though it seems unbelievable, threatening the very future of humanity via the mass damage and destruction of nature is not illegal, but Stop Ecocide International wants to change that.”

Sophie Benson for No Kill Magazine, 29/01/25

EU’s revised Environmental Crime Directive: “significant step forward in addressing most serious environmental offences”

“After a long process of revision, the new EU Environmental Crime Directive entered into force on 20 May 2024.”

Théa Bonfour for Dalloz, 10/01/25

“Environmental laws such as ecocide have transformative potential”

“‘In March 2024, the European Council (EC) criminalised wide-scale environmental damage “comparable to ecocide” ... it has been branded ‘revolutionary’ environmental legislation.”

HKA for Lexology, 08/01/25

“Surge in domestic ecocide legislation spurring call to put ecocide under remit of International Crime Court”

“Jojo Mehta, Co-Founder of Stop Ecocide International, says the Scottish proposal will not have been lost on Westminster. A surge in domestic legislation is also spurring a call to put ecocide under the remit of the International Criminal Court.”

Claudia de Meulemeester for Sustainable Views, 06/01/25

Scottish Parliament to consider landmark Ecocide Bill

“Scotland is to formally debate an ecocide law…If passed, it would make Scotland the first part of the UK to criminalise widespread environmental damage”

Isabella Kaminski for The Ends Report, 17/12/24

Ecocide: Should destroying nature be an international crime?

“Suffering some of the worst effects of climate change, the The Pacific states of Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa submitted a proposal to the ICC in September to recognise ecocide, which could allow for the prosecution of heads of state or bosses of large polluting companies.”

Joanna Gill and Noah Anthony Enahoro for Context, 13/12/24

“The Ecocide Bill aims to deter events such as oil and chemical spills into our seas and rivers

“[Monica] Lennon [MSP] is eager to gather as much support for her Bill from fellow MSPs as possible before the deadline passes.

Emma Lawson for The Sunday Post, 10/12/24

Ecocide: A Call to Discuss Some Hard Conundrums

“In this post, I discuss the failure in a lot of the discourse to acknowledge the most challenging issues in defining ecocide. This is an appeal to interested participants to engage with uncomfortable but central conundrums that must be addressed in a sound definition.”

Darryl Robinson for EJIL Talk!, 28/11/24

Mediante un Proyecto de Ley, la comisión de Justicia del Congreso aprobó, por mayoría, un dictamen que modifica el Código Procesal Penal para crear el delito de “ecocidio”, que contempla penas de hasta 15 años de cárcel. La presente ley tiene por finalidad fortalecer la protección del medio ambiente, así como sus derechos y bienes conexos. 27/11/2024

A ban on ecocide will benefit both nature, the climate and people

“At a time when the focus is on restoring Danish nature, a proposal to make the destruction of nature an international crime is worth considering, write Bart Bes and Florina Cianga-Christophersen, from Stop Ecocide Denmark.”

Bart Bes and Florina Cianga Christopherson for Klimamonitor, 20/11/24

El partido ‘Sumar’ pide en una iniciativa en el Congreso incluir el ecocidio en el Código Penal. La coalición impulsada por Yolanda Díaz plantea también reconocerlo como crimen autónomo en el Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal Internacional. 15/11/2024

‘Overwhelming support’ for ecocide law in Scotland as COP29 kicks off

“Scots' overwhelming support for a new crime of “ecocide” has been revealed as COP29 gets under way. Some 98 per cent of respondents to a public consultation on Lennon’s proposed Ecocide Prevention Bill backed her plan, the Record can reveal.”

Dan Vevers for Daily Record, 12/11/24

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