EU 🇪🇺 states are incorporating offences "comparable to #ecocide" into their national laws. So what does this mean for global efforts to criminalise mass environmental harm? Find out in this new guest blog by Ana Laura Moreno Méndez! 🔗 www.stopecocide.eart... #StopEcocide

“I’ll continue to focus on my #Ecocide Bill when I return to Parliament” Monica Lennon discusses her record as an MSP for The Scotsman, including championing #Scotland's #EcocideLaw bill. Read here: www.scotsman.com/new... #StopEcocide

🌎 In much of the world, the most powerful in society are NOT held criminally accountable when they are responsible for acts of mass environmental destruction. That needs to change. Earth needs a new law - #EcocideLaw. Learn more HERE: stopecocide.earth #StopEcocide

A coalition of organisations is building a legal framework for Latin American countries to incorporate the crime of #ecocide into their laws! Learn more in a new @iconnectblog.bsky.social piece by Stop Ecocide International’s Rodrigo Lledó: www.iconnectblog.com... #StopEcocide

The ICC will now be able to draw on European Space Agency @esa data & analysis to investigate environmental crimes. This comes amid a global shift in environmental accountability, including progress on #EcocideLaw. More: www.linkedin.com/pos... #StopEcocide

"Including ecocide in the ICC statute would give momentum to climate action" - Justice Vui Clarence Nelson, Supreme Court of Samoa Learn more about the proposal to make #ecocide an international crime: stopecocide.earth/ic... #StopEcocide

"Recognising #ecocide as a crime is an act of justice, responsibility and hope." The DRC's Env. Minister, Marie Nyange Ndambo, writes in Financial Times - a vital ministerial voice in the growing call for #ecocidelaw. 🔗 www.ft.com/content/d... #StopEcocide

"What if farmers who cared for the living environment could be rewarded?" A new guest blog by agroecological farmer Lars Veraart discusses how criminalising #ecocide can support sustainable farming practices. www.stopecocide.eart... #StopEcocide #EcocideLaw

How can criminalising #ecocide strengthen environmental justice in Africa? Join us for this WEBINAR on Thurs 30 July, exploring #ecocidelaw can advance accountability across the continent. 🕐 13:00–14:00 SAST (Cape Town/ Harare) Register: www.stopecocide.earth/events/ecoci... #StopEcocide

#Ecocide is rapidly being recognised as a crime around the world. Read about the latest #ecocidelaw developments in this new Environmental Politics article by Jojo Mehta & Anna Maddrick! Read here: www.tandfonline.com/... #StopEcocide

How can criminalising #ECOCIDE safeguard ecosystems + the women who steward them? Join this webinar co-hosted by Youth for Ecocide Law, Vital Crest Foundation + Ghana Youth Environmental Movement this Friday, 24 July to learn more! Register here: www.stopecocide.eart... #StopEcocide

"New #ecocide legislation will soon make it far easier to hold major polluters personally accountable" Stuart Spray discusses the latest developments toward criminalising mass harm to nature for The ENDS Report! Read here: www.endsreport.com/a... #StopEcocide

🎙️Have you watched the latest episode of the #DefendingTomorrow podcast? Features legal expert and Exec Director at @uclapromiseeurope.bsky.social, Kate Mackintosh! Listen on major podcast platforms/ watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=yLdS53rVBo8&feature=youtu.be #StopEcocide

"The environment is no longer just collateral damage" Shyam Saran, former Indian Foreign Secretary, makes the case for recognising #ecocide as a global crime in Business Standard. Full story: www.business-standar... #StopEcocide

Just 24 HOURS left to have your say and shape the future of #ecocidelaw in Latin America! ⏰ Take part in a public consultation to inform the drafting of a model #ecocidelaw - ends Sunday 19 July. Take part🔗 www.stopecocide.eart... #StopEcocide

#OTD in 1998, the Rome Statute was adopted, founding the first global criminal court - the #ICC. Today, efforts to amend the statute with a 5th crime of #ecocide are gathering real momentum. Learn more: www.theguardian.com/... #DayofInternationalCriminalJustice #StopEcocide

“Progress in Latin America has been worthwhile, but fragmented. That’s why we need a Model Ecocide Law.” Only 4 days left to take part in the public consultation on a new model ecocide law! ➡️ stopecocide.earth/mo... Read the article: econews.global/el-ca... #StopEcocide

“Europe and the world are watching how we implement #ecocidelaw” In a hearing at the Bundestag, Stop Ecocide Deutschland’s Wolf-Christian Hingst explained why Germany must move to criminalise (#ecocide). Watch the full session: www.bundestag.de/ausschuesse/... #StopEcocide

Latin American nations like #Brazil and #Peru are moving to criminalise #ecocide. You can help drive this incredible regional progress forward by taking part in a public consultation on the formulation of a model #ecocidelaw. Take part🔗 www.stopecocide.eart... #StopEcocide

Do you agree that mass destruction of nature should be a crime? Criminalising ecocide protects what we all depend on: a living planet. Learn more HERE🔗 www.stopecocide.earth/ #StopEcocide

"The aim is to make environmental crime a boardroom risk rather than a cost of doing business" The European Post covers the EU's revised Environmental Crime Directive, requiring states to criminalise acts “comparable to ecocide”. 🔗 theeuropeanpost.eu/b... #StopEcocide

Did you know that Latin American countries are leading the way when it comes to criminalising #ECOCIDE? YOU can help drive this momentum even further. Contribute to the consultation for a model #ecocidelaw today: www.stopecocide.earth/model-law #StopEcocide

Are you on Substack? Subscribe to our page for deep dives & insights from the #ecocidelaw movement! 🔗 stopecocide.substack... #StopEcocide

Do you want to see mass harm to nature (#ECOCIDE) criminalised across Latin America? Have your voice heard in a public consultation! ➡️ www.stopecocide.eart... Learn more about #ecocidelaw progress in @eleconomista: www.eleconomista.com... #StopEcocide

Did you know that the International Criminal Court has committed itself to investigating and prosecuting environmental crimes? The new policy (announced end of last year) is a huge milestone for environmental criminal law! Learn more: www.stopecocide.eart... #StopEcocide

When entire ecosystems are destroyed, the perpetrators routinely walk away untouched. #EcocideLaw changes that, introducing individual criminal accountability for mass environmental damage. LEARN MORE🔗www.stopecocide.earth/ #StopEcocide

"Mauritius now belongs to a growing group of states that treat #ecocide as a crime" An article by Najah Ahmed (Mauritius National Human Rights Commission) for l'Express Maurice discusses the country's introduction of #ecocidelaw. Full story: lexpress.mu/s/ecocid... #StopEcocide

Just launched: an expert manual on investigation + prosecution of international environmental crimes! @uclapromiseeurope.bsky.social & Counsel Climate have created an in-depth manual for practitioners, investigators & civil society actors. Available here: www.promiseeurope.la... #StopEcocide

"Destroying nature at scale shouldn't be treated as a cost of doing business" Founder of Stop Ecocide Italy, Dani Spizzichino, discusses the movement to criminalise #ecocide in an interview with VITA Read: www.vita.it/ecocidio... #StopEcocide #ecocidelaw

Help draft a model #ecocidelaw for the Americas! The Latin America/ Caribbean region is seeing a wave of national legislation to criminalise mass harm to nature. And YOU can shape what it looks like. Take part before 19 July: www.stopecocide.earth/model-law #StopEcocide