“Okowa focused her comments on a proposed definition for ecocide that was put forth by an independent expert panel last summer. That panel, convened by the non-governmental organization Stop Ecocide, defined ecocide as “unlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and either widespread or long-term damage to the environment being caused by those acts.”"
- Katie Surma for Inside Climate News, 10/07/2022
En Chile, a 150 Kilómetros de Santiago, se encuentra la bahía de Quintero-Puchuncaví. Allí, en la costa del pacifico, se instalaron las industrias que transformaron el territorio, el ambiente y la salud de la población. 30/06/2022
Vestidos con traje, los ojos vendados y un pescado muerto en la boca, activistas reclamaron hoy a las puertas de la II Conferencia de los Océanos de la ONU, en Lisboa, que el mundo pare ante la emergencia climática como lo hizo con la pandemia de la covid-19. 28/06/2022
“El Ecocidio debía tratarse como delito de lesa humanidad”, señaló el juez porteño Jorge Franza, presidente de la Cámara Penal en un encuentro sobre la temática. 16/06/2022
El partido europeo Volt propone el 'ecocidio' en la legislación andaluza. Una regulación "progresista" para evitar cualquier daño masivo a la biodiversidad en Andalucía. 16/06/2022
“La Asamblea Ciudadana por el Clima pide la inclusión del ecocidio” indica Maite Mompó en una entrevista realizada en el marco de Los Premio Ones de la Fundación Mare Terra cuyo galardón Bosque Habitado ha recibido Stop Ecocidio. 10/06/2022
“In the days leading up to the Stockholm + 50 conference, Stop Ecocide hosted a series of talks in the city about the proposed crime that featured lawmakers from Sweden, Finland and Iceland, as well as Indigenous leaders, economists, scientists and lawyers.”
By Katie Surma for Inside Climate News, 10/06/2022
Los pueblos originarios llegaron a Viedma para denunciar políticas de ecocidio. Un gran número de manifestantes se congregó en la capital rionegrina para dejar en claro que defenderán su territorio ancestral frente a la megaminería, el fracking y el hidrógeno verde. 10/06/2022
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
