“Criminalising ecocide is about recognising that when ecosystems collapse, so too do the conditions for human dignity.”

Icarus Complex, 22/10/25

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

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

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

“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

“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

“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

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

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

Ben Cooke for The Times, 03/04/25

“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

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

“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

“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

“‘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

“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

“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

“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

“[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