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The global campaign to establish a law of #Ecocide, making large-scale & systematic destruction of nature an international crime. #StopEcocide Official account
Apr 19, 2022 8 tweets 11 min read
1/ A month ago, the first-ever global mobilisation for the recognition of #ecocide took place! What happened as citizens, campaigners & elected representatives joined forces to #StopEcocideEverywhere? Read the summary here: stopecocide.earth/mobilisation-s… or check out this #thread 👇 2/ Three political advances calling for the recognition of #ecocide as a crime took place that week!
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿in #Scotland: parliament.scot/chamber-and-co… @MonicaLennon7
🇩🇰 in #Denmark:
friegronne.dk/susanne-zimmer… @Susanne_Zimmer_
🇮🇸 in #Iceland:
stopecocide.earth/new-breaking-n… @andresingi
Mar 17, 2022 4 tweets 4 min read
1/ The fast-growing call to criminalize #ecocide is now beginning to be heard in the halls of the #UnitedNations! It surfaced in the high level speeches at #UNEA, at the Youth Environmental Assembly and the Global Major Groups & Stakeholders Forum. stopecocide.earth/new-breaking-n… #UNEP 2/ Ecocide was mentioned in two key speeches: by #UNEA5 President, Norwegian Minister of Climate & Environment Mr. @EspenBarthEide & by Inger Anderson, Executive Director of @UNEP. Both recalled Olof Palme, Swedish Prime Minister, first using #ecocide in 1972 at the first #UNEA.
Dec 6, 2019 5 tweets 6 min read
BREAKING: Maldives calls for a fifth international crime of #ecocide at the International Criminal Court
The Republic of Maldives official statement read “We believe the time is ripe to consider an amendment to the Rome Statute that would criminalise acts that amount to ecocide” The official Maldivian statement to the #ICC at #APC18 calling for #ecocide law was issued by Mr. Ahmed Saleem, Member of Parliament and Chair of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Climate Change and Environment 2/5
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