Stop Ecocide International (SEI) calls press conference at IUCN World Congress following unprecedented use of IUCN rule to challenge it's rejection of SEI motion
France writes ecocide into law, in 2 ways
France’s Climate & Resilience Act, passed this week, includes ecocide in not one, but two contexts.
Chile: ecocide law proposal submitted to parliament
Chilean parliamentarians launch bill consisting of an amendment to the Chilean penal code to introduce a new crime of ecocide which is directly based on the new definition.
1st use of new ecocide defintion in a government bill
An amendment has been submitted by Baroness (Natalie) Bennett of Manor Castle to the UK Environment Bill using the full definition elaborated by the Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide convened by our Foundation. This is the first use on record of the full definition in a government bill.
UN Secretary-General: including ecocide crime at ICC ‘highly desirable’
Key diplomats urge Caribbean to support ecocide as an international crime
Belgian environment committee urges government to use new ecocide definition
Scotland: cross-party support for ecocide law parliamentary motion
Cross-party support has been gathered for a motion to the Scottish parliament submitted by MSP Monica Lennon welcoming the new definition of ecocide.
Top international lawyers unveil definition of "ecocide"
Commissioned by the Stop Ecocide Foundation, an expert drafting panel of 12 highly renowned international criminal and environmental lawyers from around the world has just concluded six months of deliberations. The result: a legal definition of “ecocide” as a potential 5th international crime, to sit alongside genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression.
Bangladesh: environment committee asks government to legislate for ecocide
Bangladeshi parliamentary committee on the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change recommends adding a provision to the Code of Criminal Procedure or drafting a new legal framework to codify ecocide.
UK: Ecocide amendment submitted to Environment Bill
Baroness (Natalie) Bennett of Manor Castle, former leader of the UK Green Party, submits an ecocide amendment to the UK Environment Bill. This is the first time a potential crime of ecocide has been recorded in a UK government bill
Led by Belgium, parliamentarians worldwide support ecocide law
Resolution adopted almost unanimously at global gathering of parliaments.
Samuel Cogolati, chair of the Belgian delegation behind this historic proposal was unequivocal: “It is the first time such a broad international consensus has emerged for the recognition of ecocide as a crime. The tide of political opinion is now with us.”