Francisco Vera Manzanares
Colombian activist. Founder of Guardianes por la Vida (Guardians for Life). Member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.
“We live in an anthropocentric society that believes humans are superior to the Earth, thinking of themselves as separate from it. However, in reality, we belong to the interconnected system that is our planet. Based on this idea, it is important to promote the recognition of ecocide as an international crime because it is an attack on humanity, since damage to the planet is an attack on our own existence.”.
Greta Thunberg
Environmental Activist
On 16th July 2020, Greta Thunberg, Luisa Neubauer, anuna de Wever and Adélaïde Carlier demanded, in an open letter, that all EU leaders and heads of state’ must #FaceTheClimateEmergency’ and “advocate to make ecocide an international crime at the International Criminal Court.”