19th century. then three invented at nuremberg crime of aggression, waging illegal war, genocide, crimes against humanity. they all focus on the protection of the human. there s a gap and we re facing that gap right now in the face of climate change, the face of biodiversity, marine pollution. there s a gap in relation to the protection of the environment it is not protected by the criminal law. and the proposalfor a new crime of ecocide which, incidentally, is notjust supported by me, but by the pope, secretary general of the united nations, various countries around the world and i think it will happen. it is fair to say it s supported by people rhetorically, without having the deep legal knowledge you have, and i would put to you that if you pursue a legal action which, in all sort of realistic scenarios, is never going to bring a result, you re actually bringing the legal system into disrepute. there is a danger to pushing it as far as you want to push it because if it doesn
then three invented at nuremberg crime of aggression, waging illegal war, genocide, crimes against humanity. they all focus on the protection of the human. there s a gap and we re facing that gap right now in the face of climate change, the face of biodiversity, marine pollution. there s a gap in relation to the protection of the environment it is not protected by the criminal law. and the proposalfor a new crime of ecocide which, incidentally, is notjust supported by me, but by the pope, secretary general of the united nations, various countries around the world and i think it will happen. it is fair to say it s supported by people rhetorically, without having the deep legal knowledge you have, and i would put to you that if you pursue a legal action which, in all sort of realistic scenarios, is never going to bring a result, you re actually bringing the legal system into disrepute. there is a danger to pushing it as far as you want to push it because if it doesn t happen, peo
we ve had four crimes. the old one, war crimes 19th century. then three invented at nuremberg crime of aggression, waging illegal war, genocide, crimes against humanity. they all focus on the protection of the human. there s a gap and we re facing that gap right now in the face of climate change, the face of biodiversity, marine pollution. there s a gap in relation to the protection of the environment it is not protected by the criminal law. and the proposalfor a new crime of ecocide which, incidentally, is notjust supported by me, but by the pope, secretary general of the united nations, various countries around the world and i think it will happen. it is fair to say it s supported by people rhetorically, without having the deep legal knowledge you have, and i would put to you that if you pursue a legal action which, in all sort of realistic scenarios, is never going to bring a result, you re actually bringing the legal system into disrepute. there is a danger to pushing it
it s not we re going to take notjust decades, it s going to take centuries. but your second point is an important one. since 1945, we ve had four crimes. the old one, war crimes. 19th century then three invented at nuremberg crime of aggression, waging illegal war, genocide, crimes against humanity. they re all focused on the protection of the human. there s a gap and we are facing that gap right now in the face of climate change, biodiversity, marine pollution, there s a gap in relation to the protection of the environment it is not protected by the criminal law. and the proposalfor a new crime of ecocide which, incidentally, is notjust supported by me but by the pope, secretary general of the united nations, various countries around the world, and i think it will happen. it is fair to say it s supported by people rhetorically by people not having the deep legal knowledge that you have. and i would put it to you that if you pursue a legal action that in all sort of realistic sce
but your second point is an important one. since 1945, we ve had four crimes. the old one, war crimes 19th century. then three invented at nuremberg crime of aggression, waging illegal war, genocide, crimes against humanity. they all focus on the protection of the human. there s a gap and we re facing that gap right now in the face of climate change, the face of biodiversity, marine pollution. there s a gap in relation to the protection of the environment it is not protected by the criminal law. and the proposalfor a new crime of ecocide which, incidentally, is notjust supported by me but by the pope, secretary general of the united nations, various countries around the world and i think it will happen. it is fair to say it s supported by people rhetorically, without having the deep legal knowledge that you have and i would put to you that if you pursue a legal action which, in all sort of realistic scenarios is never going to bring a result, you re actually bringing the lega