Entrevista a Rodrigo Lledó, abogado y miembro del panel de expertos para la definición del ‘ecocidio’. 24/12/2021
The British lawyer and author has held Nazis and presidents accountable for crossing the moral red line. Now, he argues, the time has come to pursue those who commit crimes against the environment.
By Katie Surma for Inside Climate News, 22/12/2021
On every continent, humans have left their mark in the form of massive environmental destruction: deforestation in Brazil; strip mining in Canada’s Tar Sands; the devastation of West Africa’s fisheries; the obliterations of landscapes and ecosystems by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
By David Sassoon for Inside climate news, 22/12/2021
An expert panel brought together by the Stop Ecocide Foundation proposed last June to amend the statutes of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and include ecocide alongside other international crimes such as war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
By M. Apelblat for The Brussels Times / 11/12/2021
In November, the world’s first global citizens’ assembly – made up of 100 people chosen by lottery from around the world – declared its recommended responses to the climate crisis at the UN climate conference COP26. Among these recommendations was that causing severe environmental destruction, or “ecocide”, should become a crime.
By Rachel Killean for The Conversation, 08/12/2021
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