Ecocide, incitement to suicide, violence against certain professions…: what’s in the new Belgian Penal Code?

Willemsen reviews major changes in Belgium’s penal code from September 1st, among them, the introduction of the crime of Ecocide. This historic step has placed Belgium at the forefront of a growing global movement to criminalise the worst harms to nature.

Gaëtan Willemsen for RTL Info (Belgium), 19/08/26