Ecocide

What does the proposal from Vanuatu, Fiji, and Samoa to add ecocide as a new international crime mean in practice?

Experts close to the efforts to make ecocide an international crime weigh in on what they believe criminalization can achieve.

Might the prospects of meaningful norms enforcement of ecocide at the International Criminal Court level be disproportionate to the investments needed – and challenges associated…

The Nova Kakhovka Dam destruction, already labelled an act of “ecocide” by some, will undoubtedly reinforce calls for the ICC to focus more on environmental crimes and further…

A "Model Law" addressing ecocide and other environmental crimes could help heighten the stigma against grave environmental harms.

"[T]he proposal to criminalize mass damage to the environment is ... likely to influence the behavior of government and corporate decision-makers in positive ways. In light of…