WHO WE ARE

 

Stop Ecocide International (SEI) was co-founded in 2017 by pioneering barrister Polly Higgins (1968-2019) and current Executive Director Jojo Mehta.

SEI is the driving force behind, and central communications hub for, the growing global movement to make ecocide an international crime. Our core work is activating and developing global cross-sector support for this.

Positioned at the meeting point of legal developments, political traction and public narrative, we are uniquely placed to support and amplify the global conversation.

Our core international team is located in many parts of the world and managed from the UK by Stop Ecocide International Ltd.

Our charitable entity the Stop Ecocide Foundation was created in November 2019 in the Netherlands to be the fundraising vehicle for the campaign, and was the commissioning body for the Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide. It has ANBi status

 

OUR ADVISORY BOARD

Baltasar Garzón International criminal lawyer, former judge in Spain’s  Audiencia Nacional

Baltasar Garzón
International criminal lawyer, former judge in Spain’s
Audiencia Nacional

Valérie Cabanes International law expert (human rights)

Valérie Cabanes
International law expert (human rights)

Richard Rogers Partner, Global Diligence LLP

Richard Rogers
Partner, Global Diligence LLP

Kate Mackintosh Executive Director, Promise Institute, UCLA

Kate Mackintosh
Executive Director, Promise Institute, UCLA

Nnimmo Bassey Founder Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation

Nnimmo Bassey
F
ounder Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation

Ken Kitatani Director General, Intl. Council on Environmental Economics & Development

Ken Kitatani
Director General, Intl. Council on Environmental Economics & Development

Jonathon Porritt Founder Director, Forum for the Future

Jonathon Porritt
Founder Director, Forum for the Future

Julia Jackson Founder, Grounded

Julia Jackson
Founder, Grounded

Nabil Ahmed Founder, INTERPRT

Nabil Ahmed
Founder, INTERPRT

Mike Mansfield QC, Human Rights barrister, Nexus Chambers

Mike Mansfield QC, Human Rights barrister, Nexus Chambers

Clare Dubois Founder and CEO, TreeSisters

Clare Dubois
Founder and CEO, TreeSisters

Patrick Alley Co Founder of Global Witness

Patrick Alley
Co Founder of Global Witness

Kurikindi Amazonian Elder & Shaman

Kurikindi
Amazonian Elder & Shaman

Gail Bradbrook Co-Founder, Extinction Rebellion

Gail Bradbrook
Co-Founder, Extinction Rebellion

Fadjar Schouten-Korwa Human Rights Lawyer

Fadjar Schouten-Korwa
Human Rights Lawyer

 
 

STOP ECOCIDE INTERNATIONAL

Jojo Mehta  Executive Director

Jojo Mehta
Executive Director

Sara Qualter Deputy Executive Director

Sara Qualter
Deputy Executive Director

Judy Foster Head of Operations

Judy Foster
Head of Operations

Sue Miller National Campaigns Coordinator

Sue Miller
National Campaigns Coordinator

Louise Romain International grassroots outreach

Louise Romain
International grassroots outreach

Jody Weiss USA Coordinator

Jody Weiss
USA Coordinator

Louise Somerville Digital Media Manager

Louise Somerville
Digital Media Manager

Robin Gairdner Web Manager

Robin Gairdner
Web Manager

Lucy Rees International campaign support

Lucy Rees
International campaign support

Andy Squiff Head of Design

Andy Squiff
Head of Design

Shirleen Chin Strategic Projects

Shirleen Chin
Strategic Projects

Chloe Dyson Business / corporate

Chloe Dyson
Business / corporate

 

BOARD OF STOP ECOCIDE FOUNDATION

Jojo Mehta Chair & International Director

Jojo Mehta
Chair & International Director

Elly van Vliet  Secretary

Elly van Vliet
Secretary

Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh Treasurer & Senior Advisor (Law & Diplomacy)

Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh
Treasurer & Senior Advisor (Law & Diplomacy)

Richard Leachman Board Member & Strategy Consultant

Richard Leachman
Board Member & Strategy Consultant

Judy Foster  Board Member

Judy Foster
Board Member

 

NATIONAL BRANCHES & CLOSE ASSOCIATE GROUPS

 

NETHERLANDS

Katy Olivia van Tergouw Director Netherlands

Katy Olivia van Tergouw
Director Netherlands

Lydia Scholte Campaign Manager

Lydia Scholte
Campaign Manager

Femke Wijdekop Legal counsel and Content Manager

Femke Wijdekop
Legal counsel and Content Manager

Luna Scholtens Content Creator

Luna Scholtens
Content Creator

Tanja Beentjes Project Manager

Tanja Beentjes
Project Manager

Elsa Cornet Content Manager

Elsa Cornet
Content Manager


SPAIN

Maite Mompó Spanish Campaign Manager

Maite Mompó
Spanish Campaign Manager

Ursula López Moreira Campaign administrator

Ursula López Moreira
Campaign administrator

Laura Cifuentes Franco  Tech support & digital media

Laura Cifuentes Franco
Tech support & digital media

Rodrigo Lledó (Co-director, FIBGAR), Senior Legal Associate

Rodrigo Lledó
(Co-director, FIBGAR), Senior Legal Associate

 

SWEDEN

Pella Thiel Chair, End Ecocide Sweden

Pella Thiel
Chair, End Ecocide Sweden

 

Team images to follow


CANADA

Dona Grace-Campbell Co-Founder, Campaign Manager

Dona Grace-Campbell
Co-Founder, Campaign Manager

Jamie Hunter Youth Co-Founder

Jamie Hunter
Youth Co-Founder

Judy Green Political Liaison and Spokesperson

Judy Green
Political Liaison and Spokesperson

Lisa Oldring Law and policy advisor

Lisa Oldring
Law and policy advisor

 

PORTUGAL

Margarita Cardoso de Meneses

Margarita Cardoso de Meneses

 

GERMANY

Ulrike Tabor (Riike) Branch Lead, Stop Ecocide Germany

Ulrike Tabor (Riike)
Branch Lead, Stop Ecocide Germany

Wolf Hingst Branch Lead, Stop Ecocide Germany

Wolf Hingst
Branch Lead, Stop Ecocide Germany

 

FINLAND

Raila Knuuttila Co-Founder, Ecocide Law Finland

Raila Knuuttila
Co-Founder, Ecocide Law Finland

 

CYPRUS

Paraskevi Christodoulou Founder, Stop Ecocide Cyprus

Paraskevi Christodoulou
Founder, Stop Ecocide Cyprus

 

DENMARK

Peter Morrison Lead, Stop Ecocide Denmark

Peter Morrison
Lead, Stop Ecocide Denmark

 

BELGIUM

Orian Boël Co-lead End Ecocide Belgium

Orian Boël
Co-lead End Ecocide Belgium

Patrica Willocq Co-lead End Ecocide Belgium

Patrica Willocq
Co-lead End Ecocide Belgium

 

AUSTRALIA

John Hylton Davies Co-lead Australia branch

John Hylton Davies
Co-lead Australia branch

Rob White Co-lead Australia branch

Rob White
Co-lead Australia branch

Michelle Maloney Co-lead Australia branch

Michelle Maloney
Co-lead Australia branch

 

AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND

Brigid Inder Co-lead, Aotearoa/New Zealand branch

Brigid Inder
Co-lead, Aotearoa/New Zealand branch

Lyndon De Vantier Co-lead, Aotearoa/New Zealand branch

Lyndon De Vantier
Co-lead, Aotearoa/New Zealand branch

 

NORWAY

Victoria Bas

Victoria Bas

Sedona Anderson

Sedona Anderson

Nabil Ahmed

Nabil Ahmed

 

ZAMBIA

Darwin Malwele

Darwin Malwele

 

MALI/TUNISIA

Traoré Fousseny Branch Lead

Traoré Fousseny
Branch Lead