In the last few years, the ecocide movement has gained momentum. A few smaller island states, Vanuatu and the Maldives, have called on the world community to recognize ecocide as an international crime, and the topic has been on the political agenda in countries such as Belgium, Brazil, France, Britain and Sweden.
By Mette Mølgaard Henriksen for Zetland_, 15/02/2022
En su sección ‘Tres preguntas a…’, entrevistan a Maite Mompó, directora de campaña en España. 02/2022
Maite Mompó: «las grandes corporaciones incluyen en sus presupuestos las multas por producir ecocidios». 24/01/2022
Artículo sobre la Ley del Ecocidio de Ángel Juarez, presiente de la fundación Mare Terra de Tarragona. 24/01/2022
Se anuncian "acciones graves" contra los responsables del derrame de crudo de la refinería de Repsol, "un ecocidio". 21/01/2022
El trabajo del panel de especialistas y de Stop Ecocidio viene motivado por la evidente crisis climática en la que vivimos. 20/01/2022
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