Pacific islands submit court proposal for recognition of ecocide as a crime
by Fiona Harvey Environment editor from on (#6QKFP)
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.
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