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Ecocide affects everyone, and can no longer go unpunished

Ecocide affects everyone, and can no longer go unpunished
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Holding world leaders accountable for environmental destruction

Credit: Amdad Hossain/Pexels The newly drafted definition places the crime of causing severe environmental harm on the same level as other international crimes, like genocide. Scholars from The Promise Institute for Human Rights, part of the UCLA School of Law, have played a large part in defining the new crime of ecocide, which could have significant implications for battling climate destruction. Kate Mackintosh Credit: UCLA School of Law The latest effort to produce a new internationally accepted legal definition of ecocide  meant to describe mass environmental destruction had its roots in a 2020 symposium at UCLA. The event explored the connection between human rights and the climate crisis, and gave rise to a working group dedicated to exploring a new definition for the term. The group joined forces with a new international drafting panel, co-deputy chaired by Kate Mackintosh, executive director of The Promise Institute.

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