This guide from UCLA Law's The Promise Institute for Human Rights (Europe) and Climate Counsel is a crucial resource for practitioners, investigators and civil society actors seeking accountability for environmental crimes.
It also provides the practical foundations for future implementation of an international crime of #ecocide.
The natural world is increasingly being placed at the heart of international criminal law, with the International Criminal Court’s Prosecutor last year announcing a major policy review that commits it to pursuing accountability for environmental harm. As international precedent develops, the prospect that ecocide (mass harm to nature) will be recognised by ICC member states as the fifth core atrocity crime grows stronger. Such a step would place it on the same legal footing as genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression.
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The manual is compiled by Kate Mackintosh and Richard J. Rogers, with contributions from Maksym Popov,Donna Cline, Wayne Jordash KC, Dmytro Koval and Professor Darryl Robinson.
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