@stopecocide.bsky.social
Driving the global conversation around #ecocidelaw, the criminalisation of mass harm to nature.
"The bill would make Scotland the first part of the UK to create the offence of #ecocide"
BBC News reports on the progress of @monicalennon.bsky.social's proposed #ecocidelaw in the Scottish parliament yesterday.
Story: bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Scotland moves one step closer to making history as MSPs vote to advance the #Ecocide (Scotland) Bill!
The bill would make Scotland the first UK nation to introduce #EcocideLaw.
Learn more: www.stopecocide.earth/bn-2025/scot...
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For years we have supported campaigns for ecocide to become a crime. Tmrw @scotparl.bsky.social has the opportunity to progress the Ecocide Bill, and we hope all parties support the principles
Read more in this @stopecocide.bsky.social @royalscotgeosoc.bsky.social piece
www.rsgs.org/Blog/ecocide...
Can #Italy seize a historic opportunity to advance #ecocidelaw?
A conference at John Cabot University in #Rome brought together experts to discuss Italy's transposition of the #EU's revised Environmental Crime Directive.
About the Directive: www.stopecocide.earth/2024/eu-parl...
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#Ecocide (ekocid) has been recognised as an established word in the Swedish language!
It was included in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista (SAOL), the authoritative reference for Swedish spelling and language use.
www.ecocidelawallian...
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“Scotland should lead by example”
David Attenborough’s cameraman, Doug Allan, has called on MSPs to back Scotland’s #Ecocide Bill in a crucial vote.
Daily Record story🔗 www.dailyrecord.co.u...
#StopEcocide #EcocideLaw Monica Lennon MSP
"States should support the inclusion of #ecocide in the statute of the International Criminal Court”
Dr Marcos Orellana, UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics & Human Rights calls for #EcocideLaw.
Read his report: www.ohchr.org/en/doc...
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"Criminalising ecocide is an economic policy decision aimed at preventing today's growth from being financed by the destruction of tomorrow's value."
Read the new guest blog by economist Rafael Kemelmajer: www.stopecocide.eart...
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"A growing movement is calling for '#ecocide' to be established as a crime at the ICC – equal in status to genocide and war crimes"
Berlin Morgen Post explores the momentum behind a 5th international crime of ecocide.
🔗www.morgenpost.de/wi...
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UK intelligence services just made the case for criminalising #ecocide.
Jojo Mehta writes for Earth.Org about the UK’s national security assessment, which has identified ecosystem collapse as a national security threat.
Full article: earth.org/uk-intelli...
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“Ecocide law has the power to reshape incentives and clarify what responsible decision-making looks like before irreversible harm occurs.”
– Jojo Mehta in a new piece for The League of Intrapreneurs Magazine.
🔗www.canva.com/design...
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Now available! A conversation w/ Pablo Fajardo, Ecuadorian lawyer & environmental advocate.
This is the 1st episode of #DefendingTomorrow, a new podcast hosted by Victor Rujano & Rodrigo Lledó.
Watch📹www.youtube.com/watc...
Listen🎧 www.podbean.com/ew/p...
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#Ecocide anywhere is a threat to humanity everywhere.
That is why we urgently need to recognise it as a serious crime.
#Ecocidelaw protects our shared planet for everyone.
Learn more: www.stopecocide.earth/
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Followers in Sweden! 🇸🇪
Don't miss an incredible live music performance for nature in #Stockholm!
Choirs for Ecocide Law are bringing their "Let's change the rules!" concert to Place Berwaldhallen on 12 April.
Get your tickets: www.stopecocide.eart...
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Later this month in #Hamburg - join an exciting international workshop on #ecocide and climate litigation!
Stop Ecocide International's Sue Miller will be there discussing #EcocideLaw progress.
📅 29-30 January 2026
Info: www.stopecocide.eart...
#StopEcocide
Later this month in #Hamburg - join an exciting international workshop on #ecocide and climate litigation!
Stop Ecocide International's Sue Miller will be there discussing #EcocideLaw progress.
📅 29-30 January 2026
Info: www.stopecocide.eart...
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A bill to criminalise ecocide has been introduced in #India's parliament.
MP Sujeet Kumar introduced the legislation in India’s upper house (the Rajya Sabha).
Full story 🔗 www.stopecocide.eart...
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#EcocideLaw "can move us from a paradigm of licensing harm to one of affirming protection"
A new article for Ontario Bar Association by Maryama Farah explores how criminalising #ecocide can deter harm where regulations too often fail.
Available here: oba.org/beyond-fines...
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“Representatives from #Patagonia are proposing an initiative to incorporate #ecocide into the Argentine Penal Code”
El Tiempoes discusses the rapidly growing movement for #EcocideLaw in #Argentina 🇦🇷
Full story: www.tiempoar.com.ar/...
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"Criminalising #ecocide reduces uncertainty, protects future flows, and positions Latin America as a competitive region"
- Economist Rafael Kemelmajer makes the macroeconomic case for #ecocidelaw in a new piece for EcoNews.
🔗 econews.global/penal...
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🌊 A new UN #HighSeas treaty (#BBNJ) enters into force TOMORROW!
The first int'l legal mechanism to facilitate marine protected areas in areas beyond national jurisdiction.
Discover how #ecocidelaw could strengthen treaties like this: www.stopecocide.eart...
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A state-mandated review in Ghana has proposed establishing a domestic crime of #ecocide.
If implemented, Ghana would become the first African nation to establish ecocide as a domestic crime.
Full story: www.stopecocide.eart...
#StopEcocide #EcocideLaw
Too often, existing legal tools fail to prevent serious environmental harm.
#EcocideLaw introduces individual criminal accountability for severe harm to nature, safeguarding ecosystems and all of us who rely on them.
Learn more: www.stopecocide.earth/
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Are you on Substack?
Head to our page to find deep dives & insights on international law, environmental protection, #ecocidelaw & more!
🔗 stopecocide.substack...
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"By making ecocide a crime, society marks its disapproval of acts that vandalise the earth"
In a new piece for @lawdotcom, Dame Eleanor Sharpston & Monica Schüldt make the case for #ecocidelaw.
Read here: www.law.com/internat...
#StopEcocide
Later this month in #Hamburg - join an exciting international workshop on #ecocide and climate litigation!
Stop Ecocide International's Sue Miller will be there discussing #EcocideLaw progress.
📅 29-30 January 2026
Info: www.stopecocide.eart...
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Mass harm to nature could soon be a crime in #Scotland.
Watch Monica Lennon MSP explain to SPNetZero why her #ecocide bill is urgently necessary.
Full clip: www.youtube.com/watc...
Learn more: www.stopecocide.eart...
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Did you know that 72% of people surveyed globally believe #ecocide should be a crime? 🌏
That's according to a major poll by Ipsos Group, Earth4All & Global Commons
About: businessgreen.com/ne...
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Breaking! 📢 An #ecocide bill has been lodged in the #DRC's parliament.
Senator Cedric Ngindu's proposal would enable prosecution of severe environmental harm under Congolese domestic law.
Full story🔗 www.stopecocide.eart...
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Could #ecocide soon be criminalised in #Italy?
Don't miss this event about #ecocide at John Cabot University Rome, co-organised with UNICRI & #SIOI
📅 Fri 30 Jan, 10:00-13:00
📍Rome, Italy
More info: www.stopecocide.eart...
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