El senador por Yucatán, Raúl Paz Alonzo, inició su participación en el foro “Estocolmo +50. En su intervención: “Se trata de introducir el crimen de ecocidio para que además de las sanciones económicas que están en la ley de cambio climático, se castigue con cárcel y así se piense dos veces antes de autorizar u ordenar la destrucción total o parcial de fauna, flora o cualquier ecosistema de nuestro país”. 02/06/2022
“More than fifty years have passed since the world began discussing the criminalization of large-scale environmental degradation, ecocide. In recent years, the issue has taken off in earnest, with several countries advocating an update of the law. But in Sweden, the government does not want to raise the issue - despite the upcoming UN meeting in Stockholm.”
By Jenny Stiernstedt for Dagens Industri, 01/06/2022
“The focus on human-to-human crimes in the ICC’s four core crimes renders invisible environmental harm and environmental criminal activity. That is why some are now suggesting the introduction of “Crimes Against the Environment” into international criminal law.”
By Hope Elizabeth Tracey for EnvironBuzz Mag, 01/06/2022
“The most effective way to enforce criminal accountability long-term, however, is to amend the Rome Statute to explicitly include ecocide as a fifth crime against peace - not limited only to war time.”
- Statement of the Ecocide Alliance On Environmental Crimes in Ukraine for Parliamentarians for Global Action, 31/05/2022
"More and more voices are being raised for the International Criminal Court to include ecocide - large-scale environmental degradation - among international crimes. An expert committee of lawyers has now worked out a proposal for a definition of the term.”
By Sverker Lenas for Dagens Nyheter, 31/05/2022
“Toronto's Stop Ecocide chapter published an open letter this week calling on the federal government to voice its support for criminalizing ecocide at the International Criminal Court.”
By Morgan Sharp for Canada’s National Observer, 31/05/2022
“Now it’s time to highlight ecocide for real. If the Swedish government don’t take this opportunity to raise the issue now, when the stage is set and Sweden is hosting the conference which will draw attention to the Stockholm Conference where the question was first lifted 50 years ago, then I do not understand when they will take it. ”
Dagens Nyheter, 29/05/2022
“The creation of an international ecocidal crime under the ICC Charter would mean that individuals could be held liable - at international level - for extreme environmental damage, in the same way that individual liability for serious violations of human rights was created by previous international criminal law.”
By Tomas Nordberg for Global Bar Magazine, 17/05/2022
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“La duda no es si el ecocidio va a llegar a convertirse en un delito de la Corte Penal Internacional, sino cuándo va a llegar”. Maite Mompó en un artículo escrito por Raúl Rejón. 13/05/2022
"Ecocide law is no longer just a wild idea. Discussions are ongoing in several ICC member states, and Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto is in favour of continuing them.”
By Petja Pelli for Helsingin Sanomat, 10/05/2022
Throughout the years, human activities have harmed ecological resources in the name of “development.” Ecological deterioration was long observed as a mere side effect of progressing in other walks of life.
By Bas Fransen for Ecomatcher, 02/05/2022
Members of the political groups in the European Parliament welcomed on Wednesday the decision to start interinstitutional negotiations on the revision of the EU directive on environmental crimes with a mandate to include ecocide in the new legislation.
M. Apelblat for The Brussels Times, 02/04/2023
The campaign to introduce a new international crime of “ecocide” at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is long-standing but has received increased support over the last couple of years.
By Rachel Killean for IPI Global Observatory, 30/03/2022
The latest IPCC report provides a chilling read on the health of the planet, says Kate Mackintosh. She explains why the crime of “ecocide” should become the fifth crime to be prosecuted at the International Criminal Court, alongside genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and aggression.
By Kate Mackintosh for Bloomberg Law, 18/03/2022
What we can do is a series drawing inspiration from the change-makers of our time. What are they doing to help our planet? What were their first steps? What gives them hope? Climate action is needed. Here’s what we can do.
By Ceri for Ecosia Blog, 17/03/2022
In what is thought to be a first-of-its-kind action, the lawsuit brought by activist shareholders claims that Shell’s 13 directors are personally liable for failing to devise a strategy in line with the Paris agreement, which aims to limit global heating to below 2C by slashing fossil fuel emissions.
By Damien Gayle for The Guardian, 15/03/2022