Supporters now hope the 165-word definition will go before the International Criminal court’s member nations for ratification, which could take years.
By Katie Surma and Yuliya Talmazan for Inside Climate News, 22/06/2021
Will there soon be an Ecocide provision at the ICC for Murdering the Planet?
by Susanne Götze for Der Spiegel, 22/06/2021
A panel of international lawyers on Tuesday published an official legal definition of the term "ecocide," which for decades has been condemned by conservationists and climate action campaigners but which until now has not been recognized as a crime.
by Julia Conley for Common Dreams, 22/06/2021
Approving the right definition could pave the way for acts of environmental destruction to be prosecuted and condemned by the International Criminal Court, under the same consideration as war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocides and aggression.
by Julie Gaubert for Euro News, 22/06/2021
After six months of deliberation, a team of international lawyers has unveiled a new legal definition of “ecocide” that, if adopted, would put environmental destruction on a par with war crimes – paving the way for the prosecution of world leaders and corporate chiefs for the worst attacks on nature.
By Jack Losh for Aljazeera, 22/06/2021
An international team of lawyers co-chaired by Philippe Sands QC and Dior Fall Sow has presented the outcome of its work announced in November last year to develop a legal definition of ecocide. This is a crucial step towards adding ecocide to the list of other major offences recognised by the international criminal court (ICC), including crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide.
By Alexandre Antonelli & Pella Thiel for The Guardian, 22/06/2021
Legal experts from across the globe have drawn up a “historic” definition of ecocide, intended to be adopted by the international criminal court to prosecute the most egregious offences against the environment.
Haroon Siddique in The Guardian, 22/06/2021
A panel convened by the Stop Ecocide Foundation will publish the legal definition of ecocide on Tuesday, seeking to pave the way for acts of environmental destruction to be incorporated into the International Criminal Court’s mandate. It could see ecocide established alongside war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity in the Hague.
By Sam Meredith for CNBC, 22/06/2021
Powerful individuals behind the most devastating assaults on the environment could be put in the dock under a new legal definition of “ecocide” that a heavyweight panel of international lawyers and hardened campaigners hope will revolutionise the fight against the climate crisis.
By Jack Losh for VICE, 21/06/2021
Porque la idea es evitar el daño, pero si este se produce, que entonces se asuman responsabilidades. Muchos delitos que podrían entrar dentro del espectro de Ecocidio son cometidos por grandes corporaciones multinacionales a las que solo se puede exigir de forma conjunta. 20/06/2021
Global momentum is growing for a collective meaningful effort to be made to tackle the increasing urgency of the climate emergency.
By Emma O’Brien in EJIL:Talk! 11/06/2021
Los horrores de la Segunda Guerra Mundial hicieron acuñar un nuevo término jurídico, el genocidio, que desde entonces ha quedado fijado en el imaginario colectivo como el peor crimen posible contra la humanidad. Hoy el mundo vive un momento similar, en el que las crecientes y devastadoras evidencias sobre la grave destrucción causada por el ser humano en la naturaleza hacen emerger otro término que permitiría juzgar los peores crímenes contra el medio ambiente: el ecocidio. 5/06/2021
Diversas organizaciones piden que España considere el ecocidio como crimen internacional. El objetivo es reivindicar que España se una a los países que quieren modificar el Estatuto de Roma “para incluir el ecocidio como quinto Crimen Contra la Paz en la Corte Penal Internacional, ocupando un lugar junto al genocidio, los crímenes de guerra, los crímenes contra la humanidad y el crimen de agresión”, aseguran las organizaciones. 02/06/2021
La UE avanza un paso para reconocer el ‘ecocidio’ como delito internacional. El Parlamento europeo vota a favor de impulsar un cambio en las jurisdicciones de cada estado para perseguir delitos medioambientales a escala mundial como la contaminación del Mar Menor. 20/05/2021
Ecocide may be on its way to becoming a new international crime.
By Graham Lawton in the New Scientist 05/05/2021
Action on climate change clearly isn’t radical any more. It’s mainstream, required by law and increasingly demanded by the population.
By Margaret Heffernan in the Financial Times 03/05/2021