“Significant efforts being made to criminalise ecocide in Türkiye”
An overview of the movement to make ecocide a crime in Türkiye.
Birgün, 02/02/25
¿Qué mensaje damos como sociedad cuando los delitos ambientales tienen penas excarcelables? Necesitamos herramientas legales sólidas para que estos crímenes se traten con la seriedad que merecen.
Entrevista a Rodrigo Lledó, Director para América de Stop Ecocidio Internacional. 30/01/2025
Supreme Court judgement compares tannery pollution in Palar river to an ‘ecocide’
“The Supreme Court on Thursday compared the irreversible damage caused by the discharge of untreated effluents from tanneries in Vellore into the Palar river… to an ‘ecocide’.”
Krishnadas Rajagopal for The Hindu, 30/02/25
What’s Ecocide and What Does It Have To Do With Fashion?
“Though it seems unbelievable, threatening the very future of humanity via the mass damage and destruction of nature is not illegal, but Stop Ecocide International wants to change that.”
Sophie Benson for No Kill Magazine, 29/01/25
EU’s revised Environmental Crime Directive: “significant step forward in addressing most serious environmental offences”
“After a long process of revision, the new EU Environmental Crime Directive entered into force on 20 May 2024.”
Théa Bonfour for Dalloz, 10/01/25
“Environmental laws such as ecocide have transformative potential”
“‘In March 2024, the European Council (EC) criminalised wide-scale environmental damage “comparable to ecocide” ... it has been branded ‘revolutionary’ environmental legislation.”
HKA for Lexology, 08/01/25
“Surge in domestic ecocide legislation spurring call to put ecocide under remit of International Crime Court”
“Jojo Mehta, Co-Founder of Stop Ecocide International, says the Scottish proposal will not have been lost on Westminster. A surge in domestic legislation is also spurring a call to put ecocide under the remit of the International Criminal Court.”
Claudia de Meulemeester for Sustainable Views, 06/01/25
Scottish Parliament to consider landmark Ecocide Bill
“Scotland is to formally debate an ecocide law…If passed, it would make Scotland the first part of the UK to criminalise widespread environmental damage”
Isabella Kaminski for The Ends Report, 17/12/24
Ecocide: Should destroying nature be an international crime?
“Suffering some of the worst effects of climate change, the The Pacific states of Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa submitted a proposal to the ICC in September to recognise ecocide, which could allow for the prosecution of heads of state or bosses of large polluting companies.”
Joanna Gill and Noah Anthony Enahoro for Context, 13/12/24
“The Ecocide Bill aims to deter events such as oil and chemical spills into our seas and rivers
“[Monica] Lennon [MSP] is eager to gather as much support for her Bill from fellow MSPs as possible before the deadline passes.
Emma Lawson for The Sunday Post, 10/12/24
Ecocide: A Call to Discuss Some Hard Conundrums
“In this post, I discuss the failure in a lot of the discourse to acknowledge the most challenging issues in defining ecocide. This is an appeal to interested participants to engage with uncomfortable but central conundrums that must be addressed in a sound definition.”
Darryl Robinson for EJIL Talk!, 28/11/24
Mediante un Proyecto de Ley, la comisión de Justicia del Congreso aprobó, por mayoría, un dictamen que modifica el Código Procesal Penal para crear el delito de “ecocidio”, que contempla penas de hasta 15 años de cárcel. La presente ley tiene por finalidad fortalecer la protección del medio ambiente, así como sus derechos y bienes conexos. 27/11/2024
A ban on ecocide will benefit both nature, the climate and people
“At a time when the focus is on restoring Danish nature, a proposal to make the destruction of nature an international crime is worth considering, write Bart Bes and Florina Cianga-Christophersen, from Stop Ecocide Denmark.”
Bart Bes and Florina Cianga Christopherson for Klimamonitor, 20/11/24
El partido ‘Sumar’ pide en una iniciativa en el Congreso incluir el ecocidio en el Código Penal. La coalición impulsada por Yolanda Díaz plantea también reconocerlo como crimen autónomo en el Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal Internacional. 15/11/2024
‘Overwhelming support’ for ecocide law in Scotland as COP29 kicks off
“Scots' overwhelming support for a new crime of “ecocide” has been revealed as COP29 gets under way. Some 98 per cent of respondents to a public consultation on Lennon’s proposed Ecocide Prevention Bill backed her plan, the Record can reveal.”
Dan Vevers for Daily Record, 12/11/24
Proponen ecocidio como crimen internacional contra el medio ambiente - Meganoticias 09/09/2024
DRC Says ‘Yes’: So Should Ecocide be an International Crime?
“The DRC is the first African nation to endorse ecocide as an international crime, joining Pacific nations holding leaders accountable.”
Maya Derrick for Sustainability Magazine, 02/11/24
Businesses urge EU to criminalise ecocide and halt subsidies which damage nature
“Patagonia, Natura and Tony’s Chocolonely are among a group of businesses urging the EU to set bolder climate and nature policies…The letter recommends that lawmakers implement an Environmental Crime Directive which effectively criminalises ecocide”
Sarah George for Edie, 21/10/24
Climate crisis: push for ecocide to be added to Rome Statute
“In September, Vanuatu proposed to the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) that ecocide be formally classified as an international crime, equal to, for example, genocide.”
Rebecca Root for International Bar Association, 14/10/24
What would it take to make ecocide an international crime?
“In September, Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa made a formal submission to the world's highest court, asking it to put the worst environmental destruction by humans on a par with genocide and crimes against humanity.”
Radio New Zealand, 08/10/24