A growing movement wants destruction of the environment to be treated like genocide and crimes against humanity.
Rachel Dobbs in The Economist 28/02/21
Outlawing ecocide would hold governments and corporations accountable for environmental negligence. We can’t wait.
Jojo Mehta and Julia Jackson in The Guardian 24/02/21
MÉLISSA GODIN in TIME 19/02/21
Lawyers Are Working to Put 'Ecocide' on a Par with War Crimes. Could an International Law Hold Major Polluters to Account?
MÉLISSA GODIN in TIME 19/02/21
¿Qué es el ecocidio? El genocidio medioambiental que piden que sea reconocido al nivel de los Crímenes de Guerra o Contra la Humanidad. 17/02/2021
India Bourke in New Statesman 16/2/21
Philippe Sands on why “ecocide” should be a crime. How a proposed amendment to international human rights law could prohibit the systematic destruction of nature.
“Nothing concentrates the mind better than the prospect of an individual being found criminally liable” - Philippe Sands
India Bourke in New Statesman 16/2/21
Según algunos expertos y estudiosos del tema, el delito de ecocidio fue eliminado de los borradores del Estatuto de Roma por la Comisión de Derecho Internacional de la ONU de forma irregular, poco antes de su aprobación. 11/02/2021
The Independent 31/12/2020
2020 has been a bleak year in the climate crisis. So here’s the good news. Senior climate correspondent Louise Boyle asked scientists, activists and environmental lawyers to shine a light on some good news in 2020.
The Independent 31/12/2020
The Independent 16/12/2020
“A CEO doesn't want to be seen in the same bracket as a war criminal,” says Jojo Mehta of the Stop Ecocide campaign.
This month a panel of top international and environmental lawyers from around the world begin drafting a legal definition of ecocide, with the goal of having it included on the statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague in the coming years.
The Independent 16/12/2020
El objetivo es que se cree un delito que sirva para penalizar la destrucción a gran escala de los ecosistemas, con la idea de que gobiernos y empresas respondan por el daño que de manera reiterada se le causa al planeta. 16/12/2020
Se puede considerar el ecocidio como un crimen contra la humanidad? Desde Stop Ecocidio España preparan un plan para que así sea. 14/12/2020
The Guardian 30/11/2020
International lawyers are drafting plans for a legally enforceable crime of ecocide – criminalising destruction of the world’s ecosystems – that is already attracting support from European countries and island nations at risk from rising sea levels. The aim is to draw up a legal definition of “ecocide” that would complement other existing international offences such as crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide.
The Guardian 30/11/2020
The Law Gazette 30/11/2020
A panel of leading lawyers has been set up to draft a legal definition of ’ecocide’ as a potential international crime that could sit alongside war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.
The concept would criminalise mass damage and destruction of the world’s ecosystems and could ultimately see individuals prosecuted before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.
The Law Gazette 30/11/2020
Philippe Sands is working on a definition of “ecocide” as a potential international crime
Philippe Sands is working on a definition of “ecocide” as a potential international crime...
He was recently appointed co-chair of a panel convened by the Stop Ecocide Foundation to draft a legal definition of “ecocide” as a potential international crime. “The function of law, in part, is to change consciousness, and the absence of any international crime concerning massive damage to the environment basically sends a signal that it’s OK to do that,” says Sands. “I have kids and I want to do my bit for future generations.”
The Times 26/11/2020
Un panel de juristas definirá el 'Ecocidio' como un crimen internacional. La iniciativa co-existiría con los Crímenes de Guerra, el Genocidio y los Crímenes Contra la Humanidad. 19/11/2020
Interview with Pella Thiel - “The Collapse of Meaning”.
Radio Ecoshock - 18/11/2020
Interview with Pella Thiel - “The Collapse of Meaning”.
¿Por qué los ecocidios no son castigados como crímenes contra la humanidad? La Corte Penal Internacional solo puede perseguir las agresiones contra los ecosistemas si son en contexto de guerra. Por eso, los activistas creen que se necesita un cambio. 16/11/2020
Entrevista a Maite Mompó: “No hay tiempo para leyes a medias, tenemos que ser mucho más ambiciosos y comprometernos con el planeta”. 12/11/2020