The campaign to make ecocide an international crime took center stage in the Hague on Tuesday as Bangladesh, Samoa and Vanuatu advocated criminalizing environmental destruction during a virtual forum at the annual meeting of the International Criminal Court’s 123 member nations.
By Katie Surma for Inside Climate News, 07/12/2021
¿Qué es un ecocidio y qué consecuencias podría tener? Actualmente un panel de 12 expertos trabaja para que este término sea reconocido por la CPI y que los autores de crímenes medioambientales sean juzgados. 05/12/2021
COP26 has refocused the world’s attention on climate action. And the continuing flurry of litigation suggests citizens are now more serious than ever about pressing those in positions of power to address the climate crisis.
By Ruth Green for International Bar Association,01/12/2021
El ecocidio podría acelerar el fin de la época de los combustibles fósiles. Si se consigue incorporar este delito al Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI), muchas de las prácticas actuales (como el 'fracking') podrían llegar a su fin. 23/09/2021
The UN climate change conference can be assessed as a success or a failure depending on if the glass is seen as half full or half empty. When it comes to legislation against ecocide, progress was largely under the radar.
by M. Apelblat for The Brussels Times, 16/11/2021
Esa es la definición de la palabra greco latina "ecocidio", que hoy está adquiriendo cada vez más notoriedad en el mundo debido a la emergencia climática. 4/11/2021
The crime of ecocide should be enshrined in national and international laws and strictly enforced, according to a declaration handed over to world leaders at the COP26 climate summit.
By Ilona Amos for The Scotsman, 03/11/2021
Hosting COP26 requires Scotland and the UK to show global leadership, and it would be fitting to recognise in law the now authoritatively defined crime of ecocide.
OPED by Jojo Mehta in the COP26 Special Journal (page 24), 10/2021
On Tuesday, AllRise, a group of climate lawyers, asked the International Criminal Court to investigate Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro for his Amazon development policies. The lawyers say “crimes against nature are crimes against humanity.”
By Mike Corder for The Christian Science Monitor (CSM), 12/10/2021
The folks behind the push to make ecocide a crime say a global law would create real consequences for those who cause severe environmental harm, and this young Canadian is making their case ahead of the COP26 global climate conference next month.
By Morgan Sharp for Canada’s National Observer, 07/10/2021
With legal and environmental experts pushing to criminalize the destruction of the environment, “ecocide” could have major consequences for both government and business. How could a new legal definition transform climate action?
Video by World Economic Forum, 22/09/2021
Few believe that just one person can change the world but if anyone came close, it was Polly Higgins.
By Alice Hinds for The Sunday Post, 20/09/2021
Maite Mompó, reconocida activista ambiental española, describe el arduo proceso que busca incluir la destrucción masiva de la naturaleza como delito internacional. 14/09/2021
As proliferating disasters starkly demonstrate, severe damage to the environment is a crime against everyone. Rather than leave it to regulation by individual states, the International Criminal Court should recognize “ecocide” as an international crime.
By Kate Mackintosh, Jojo Mehta, Richard Rogers for Project Syndicate, 31/08/2021
Doce abogados trabajan para que los criminales del planeta sean procesados por ecocidio ante la Corte Penal Internacional. 31/08/2021
En junio se presentó el resultado del trabajo de otro grupo de expertos internacionales. Su objetivo es tipificar un nuevo delito contra la humanidad: el ecocidio. 29/08/2021
Could Scotland be the first country to adopt new Ecocide definition for crimes against the planet?
By John Ferguson for The Daily Record, 15/08/2021