Pacific islands submit proposal for crime of ecocide to ICC

Pacific islands submit proposal for crime of ecocide to ICC

Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa suggest recognition of environmental destruction as crime alongside genocide

Three developing countries have taken the first steps towards transforming the world’s response to climate breakdown and environmental destruction by making ecocide a punishable criminal offence.

In a submission to the international criminal court on Monday, they propose a change in the rules to recognise “ecocide” as a crime alongside genocide and war crimes.

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