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The expert panel defines 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”.
- What is ecocide and how might it help protect the planet? | World ...
"We define ecocide as an international crime, which means...
- What is ecocide and how might it help protect the planet? | World ...
Ecocide (Greek oikos- home and Latin cadere – to kill) is the destruction of the environment by humans. Ecocide threatens all human populations who are dependent on natural resources for maintaining ecosystems and ensuring their ability to support future generations.
8. Aug. 2021 · Footnote 122 Consequently, to avoid further interpretative difficulties to the ICC judges, the definition of ecocide could simply refer to the somewhat more straightforward term “recklessness” or the phrase “awareness of substantial likelihood” of the ensuing environmental damage from one’s conduct.
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Ecocide was coined as a term in 1970 at the Conference on War and National Responsibility in Washington DC. Arthur Galston, a biologist, proposed a new agreement to ban ecocide as he noticed the damage to the environment caused by Agent Orange, a herbicide used by the U.S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program. In 1972, at the Stockhol...
In 1985, the addition of ecocide to the Genocide Convention was rejected. However, the idea of ecocide as a crime continued being discussed. The Whitaker Report, a report into genocide commissioned by the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, suggested that the definition of genocide be expanded to include ecocide. Example...
In 1990, Vietnam was the first country to codify ecocide in its domestic laws. Article 278 of the Criminal Code states, “Those who commit acts of genocide or act of ecocide or destroy the natural environment, shall be sentenced to between ten and twenty years of imprisonment, life imprisonment, or capital punishment.” In 1991, "willful damage to th...
In 2010, Polly Higgins, a British lawyer, submitted a proposal to the United Nations to amend the Rome Statute to include ecocide as an internationally recognized crime. In June 2012, at the World Congress on Justice Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability, the notion of making ecocide a crime was presented to judges and legislators fro...
In 2020, at the Assembly of the States Parties, Belgium called for consideration of adding ecocide to the Rome Statute. In November 2020, Philippe Sands, a law professor, and Florence Mumba, a judge, drafted a proposed law that would criminalize ecocide.
Ecocide is the mass destruction or damage to ecosystems or harm to species caused by human activity. Learn about the history of the term, the current laws and proposals, and the campaign to make ecocide an international crime.
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Ecocide – which literally means “killing the environment” – is an idea that seems both a highly radical and, campaigners claim, a reasonable one. The theory is that no one should...
9. Juli 2021 · A legal definition of ecocide has emerged recently in the context of damage to ecosystems and climate change. A legal scholar examines how and whether prosecution for environmental crimes would fit within existing international law and what it means for climate litigation. Published on 9 July 2021. Sara K. Phillips.
