Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa want international criminal court to class environmental destruction as crime alongside genocide

Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa want international criminal court to class 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.

If successful, the change could allow for the prosecution of individuals who have brought about environmental destruction, such as the heads of large polluting companies, or heads of state.

  • NegativeInf@lemmy.worldEnglish
    141·
    2 months ago

    Make it punishable by death for the C-Suite and Dissolution for the Corporate Entity.

    And then start with Shell, BP, and Exxon and work your way down the list.