Growing number of countries consider making ecocide a crime
by Isabella Kaminski from Environment | The Guardian on (#6E666)
Mexico latest country where government is considering passing new laws to criminalise environmental destruction
A growing number of countries are considering introducing laws to make ecocide a crime.
Mexico is the latest country where politicians are seeking to deter environmental damage - and to get justice for its victims - by criminalising it. Karina Marlen Barron Perales, congresswoman for Nuevo Leon, has submitted a bill to the Mexican congress introducing a new crime of ecocide".
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