Iceland hopeful for results on recognition of ecocide at Council of Europe summit
Jakobsdóttir expressed her optimism in the Icelandic parliament during a discussion responding to a parliamentary inquiry on the matter of ecocide from MP Andrés Ingi Jónsson of the Pirate Party on 20 March 2023. Jónsson’s inquiry centered on the current status of his previously lodged parliamentary resolution proposing that the Icelandic government recognize ecocide as […]
EU legal committee unanimous vote to recognize ecocide level crimes
Four previous consultative committees had already voted in favour of including ecocide. Now, the last and most important of the committees in the context of this Directive, the legal affairs (JURI) committee, unanimously voted to include the most serious environmental crimes – widely known as “ecocide” – in its proposed text for the Directive which […]
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly
”Severe destruction or deterioration of nature that could be qualified as ecocide may occur in times of peace or war. It is necessary to codify this notion in both national legislation, as appropriate, and international law. The Assembly therefore strongly supports efforts to amend the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, so as to […]
Wellbeing Economy Alliance for ecocide law
The Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll) is the leading collaboration of organisations, alliances, movements and individuals working towards a Wellbeing Economy, delivering human and ecological wellbeing. ”Ecocide law is the most important new piece of international legislation proposed so far in the twenty first century. It is essential to deliver human flourishing on a healthy planet.” Stewart […]
The Schumacher Institute calls for ecocide law
The Schumacher Institute is a diverse network of fellows and distinguished fellows dedicated to delivering innovative systems solutions to the world’s most pressing problems through research, training, events and consultancy. “Across the world we are beginning to endow parts of nature, like rivers, with legal rights. For the first time, the Global biodiversity framework from UN COP15 in Montreal now […]
The talk of the town – ecocide law!
At an event about ecocide law on May 31st, Nina Macpherson stressed the importance of a level playing-field and preventative law; Andreas Follér of Scania stressed the benefits of clear-cut rules and that this is a missing piece of law; Ralph Chami, Vice President of IMF showed how ecocide law will benefit redirecting financial flows. […]
Swedish Bar Association ecocide law event
Participation at the seminar was by invitation only and invitations went out to a limited number of business leaders – Chairs, Chief Executive Officers, Chief Financial Officers, Chief Sustainability Officers, General Counsel and Managing Partners of major law firms. Programme highlights: Mia Edwall Insulander, Secretary General of the Swedish Bar Association and Nina Macpherson, Chair […]
Protecting humans through ecocide law – New report
An international crime of ecocide sends a message that massive unsustainable harm to the environment is one of the greatest global challenges to the survival and well-being of present and future generations. An international crime of ecocide protects people and planet in ways that current international law does not: International human rights law is binding […]
Ukraine to prosecute Russia for ecocide following attack on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant
Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova emphasized that the seizure of the Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plants poses a threat of a nuclear explosion. The announcement was made at a press conference March 9 on Russia’s crimes against Ukraine. “It could have been a second Chernobyl disaster, but with ten times worse consequences,” she said. Venediktova […]
Make mass damage to the environment a crime everywhere
Op-ed article in major Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, read it here in Swedish. 2021 was the year when we began to treat climate change and biodiversity as different parts of the same system. Summits have been held for both issues during the autumn, and it is clear that we need to do more to protect our […]
