The Stop Ecocide campaign, supported by Greta Thunberg and Extinction Rebellion, seeks to enshrine extreme damage to the natural world, termed ‘ecocide’, into international law.
This includes ocean damage, deforestation, fracking and air pollution. The campaign specifically wants to see ecocide added to the list of crimes that can be tried at the highest level by the International Criminal Court alongside genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
But while the campaign more appropriately reflects the scope and complexity of environmental harm caused by governments and corporations than most other proposed measures, it is the wrong solution.
Despite its intentions, criminalising ecocide fails to tackle the root causes of ecological harm.
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William Santiago-Valles, associate professor emeritus of Africana Studies, will be leading discussions of Alex S. Vitale’s End of Policing (2018). The author, professor of sociology and coordinator of the Policing & Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College, argues that reforms focused on accountability and training will not succeed in ending police violence. Rather, alternatives to policing itself, such as restorative justice, are needed. Some of the questions to be explored are: Who profits from the problem of police violence? What can we learn from groups that are addressing this problem, and what else do we need to know to explain the causes of police violence? Upon registration, the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society will send participants details for joining the meetings.
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