Parliamentary Motion Greens/Social Democrats. (Oct. 2020)

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Sweden Should Champion International Ecocide Law

A seminar in Swedish Parliament on April 14th showed broad cross-party support for recognising large-scale environmental destruction, ecocide, as an international crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Embassy representatives from ten countries registered to attend.

Officially Swedish

”Ekocid” – Swedish for ecocide – has been recognised by the Swedish Academy as an established part of the Swedish language.

Choirs for Ecocide Law April 12

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Ecocide Law Reaches the UN Security Council

Ecocide law was raised three times during the UN Security Council’s session on environmental impact of armed conflict and climate-driven security risks, demonstrating growing diplomatic attention to establishing mass environmental destruction as an international crime.

Legal Sustainability Alliance features Ecocide Law

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On Tuesday 4 November 2025, Ecocide Law Alliance had the pleasure of joining Stop Ecocide International and Ecosia in a webinar exploring the proposed international crime of ecocide, and its current development around the world.

Governments vote for recognition of ecocide at world’s largest conservation congress

At its World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi (9-15 October), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network, comprising more than 1,400 member organisations including states, government agencies, civil society groups and Indigenous Peoples’ organisations, has voted to adopt Motion 061, “Recognising the crime of ecocide to protect nature.”
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