The Future of Environmental Crime Ecocide: The Missing 5 th Crime Against Peace.

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The Future of Environmental Crime Ecocide: The Missing 5 th Crime Against Peace

UNs Global Environmental Outlook 5 (2012): anthropogenic impacts on the Earth System are unprecedented. Scientific agreement that humanity has exceeded at least three planetary boundaries. Ecocide, the extensive destruction of ecosystems; large scale land use change, pollution, open cast mining. The Problem

Ecocide the 5th Crime Against Peace: The extensive damage to, destruction of or loss of ecosystem(s) of a given territory, whether by human agency or by other causes, to such an extent that peaceful enjoyment by the inhabitants of that territory has been or will be severely diminished The Solution

Crimes Against Humanity War Crimes Genocide Crimes of Aggression Well-being of all life Crimes Against Peace

Crimes Against Humanity War Crimes Genocide Crimes of Aggression Ecocide Well-being of all life Crimes Against Peace

Human-made Ecocide ExamplesMining, unconventional fossil fuel extraction, deforestation How law works Prevent and restore Superior responsibility Strict liability Triggers UNEPs vision for a green economy Restorative Justice

Ecocide by other causes ExamplesTsunamis, flooding, earthquake How law works Duty of care on states to provide assistance Charter of the UN Article 73: Members of the UN... recognise that the interests of the inhabitants are paramount, and accept as a sacred trust the obligation to promote to the utmost... the well-being of the inhabitants of these territories… Charter of the UN, Article 75: The UN shall establish...an international trusteeship system for the administration and supervision of trust territories.

300 companies 1.necessity 2.public demand 3.economic collapse self-regulation limit numbers (cap) leave it to market forces tradeable permits improve conditions

3000 companies 1.necessity 2.public demand 3.economic collapse self-regulation limit numbers (cap) leave it to market forces tradeable permits improve conditions

Just because it is the norm to destroy the Earth does not mean that it is right Moral wrong = criminal wrong

crime against humanity crime against nature crime against future generations Missing 5 th Crime Against Peace ECOCIDE