Time to upgrade the rule book: the case for recognising ecocide in international law

Written By Sparrow Park

Dame Eleanor Sharpston (former Advocate General, European Court of Justice) & Monica Schüldt (co-founder, Ecocide Law Alliance) argue that the criminalisation of ecocide, would change corporate decisionmaking at the highest level, deterring the worst harms to the Earth before they occur.

Dame Eleanor Sharpston and Monica Schüldt for Law.com, 05/01/26

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