Why it’s time to make ecocide a crime: for the sake of its victims: Campaigners against ecocide are calling for it to become an international crime. Menetekel/Flickr, CC BY-SA In November, the world’s first global citizens’ assembly – made up of 100 people chosen by lottery from around the world – declared its recommended responses …
Ecocide: why establishing a new international crime would be a step towards interspecies justice: A movement of activists and legal scholars is seeking to make “ecocide” an international crime within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Stop Ecocide Foundation has put together a prestigious international panel of experts that has just proposed …
The Caspian Sea is set to fall by 9 metres or more this century – an ecocide is imminent: Anton Balazh / shutterstock Imagine you are on the coast, looking out to sea. In front of you lies 100 metres of barren sand that looks like a beach at low tide with gentle waves beyond. …