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Making ecocide an international crime and other legal ideas to help save the planet | Steven Donziger

Jhe world has reached a critical point on the “Highway to Climate Hell”. The talks at COP27 yielded next to nothing, despite the fact that nearly a third of Pakistan’s territory was submerged in unprecedented floods; record summer heat killed nearly 25,000 people in Europe; and nearly 200,000 people in a major US city have …

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Making ecocide an international crime and other legal ideas to help save the planet

Making ecocide an international crime and other legal ideas to help save the planet

1) Make ecocide an international crime Ecocide should be designated as the fifth atrocity crime in the world, with the same moral power and legal impact as genocide and crimes against humanity. It has been defined by an international panel of jurists led by Philippe Sands as “unlawful or gratuitous acts” with “knowledge that there …

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