An expert panel brought together by the Stop Ecocide Foundation proposed this week to amend the statutes of the International Criminal Court and include ecocide alongside other international crimes such as war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
by M. Apelblat for The Brussels Times, 24/06/2021
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.
By Haroon Siddique for The National Observer, 23/06/2021
Here is ecocide, the new possibly global crime.
by Graham Lawton, for La Repubblica, 23/06/2021
The initial goal is to define ‘ecocide’, and while any formal recognition of the term as a crime in international law could be years away, Dr Rachel Killean, from the School of Law at Queen’s, has based a lot of her research on the merits of changing international law to see ecocide established alongside war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
by Mark Bain for Belfast Telegraph, 23/06/2021
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