Governments vote for recognition of ecocide at world’s largest conservation congress
The motion passed with a clear majority of votes cast by states and government agencies, and an overwhelming majority among NGOs and Indigenous Peoples organisations*. Motion 061 called on states to recognise ecocide as a serious crime in national and international law and recommended that States Parties to the Rome Statute evaluate an amendment to […]
Broad Swedish Parliamentary Support for Ecocide Law
Broad Political Support for Ecocide Representatives from all non-government parties are calling for ecocide to be criminalised as a stand-alone international crime, demonstrating remarkable cross-party agreement on environmental protection. All parties in opposition— Sweden’s largest political party the Social Democrats, the Centre Party, the Green Party, and the Left Party—have proposed adding mass environmental destruction […]
