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
Princess Esmeralda: “Only the recognition of ecocide as an international crime will prevent damage to the climate”
“Only, specifies Esmeralda, the recognition of ecocide as an international crime will make it possible to deter, but also to prevent and punish the "most serious damage committed against nature and the climate, to strengthen existing legislation, including multilateral environmental agreements. It is about protecting nature through criminal law, and also creating a moral imperative that can act as a shield for the living world”."
By Emmanuelle Jowa for Paris Match, 15/06/2024
“The most effective way to enforce criminal accountability long-term, however, is to amend the Rome Statute to explicitly include ecocide as a fifth crime against peace - not limited only to war time.”
- Statement of the Ecocide Alliance On Environmental Crimes in Ukraine for Parliamentarians for Global Action, 31/05/2022
