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 Moderna, 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
“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
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
¿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