The International Criminal Court should add “environmental crimes” to its brief, along with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, to criminalize the side effects of agriculture, fishing and energy production. Environmentalists made the claim at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
Greta Thunberg Ally Jojo Mehta, CEO of Stop Ecocide International, said on Tuesday at the WEF Davos meeting titled 'Where Nature and Conflict Meet', that 'massive damage and destruction of nature' In order to prevent such crimes, he called for the creation of a new international crime category called “ecocide.''
Mehta, who co-founded Stop Ecocide with the late green law activist Polly Higgins in 2017, told a meeting of the globalist World Economic Forum: One of the problems that pervades this debate is that there is a culturally ingrained habit of not taking damage to nature as seriously as damage to people or property. ”
While proponents of the bill often point to disasters such as oil spills and nuclear meltdowns, Mehta suggested ecocide could be extended to functions necessary for humanity, such as agriculture and energy production.
“If you're in the human rights movement, you know that at least mass murder and torture are all serious crimes, but there's nothing comparable in the environmental space. There's nothing like genocide with a specific intent. Unlike international crimes, in ecocide, what people are trying to do is business, farming, fish, producing energy, but what is missing is people's awareness and conscience. . There are also side effects in terms of the collateral damage that comes with it,” the environmentalist said.
Mehta argued that creating a crime category called “ecocide” would “nudge” individuals, businesses and governments around the world in a “safer direction”, a move that would likely lead to the International Criminal Court This is likely due to concerns about possible prosecution and long prison sentences.
Environmental activists have previously explained“For example, we can imagine that once the law comes into force, decisions that lead to the construction of new coal mines, or decisions that lead to the start of new fossil fuel projects, could potentially have to be seriously reconsidered. ”
Jojo Mehta, founder of Stop Ecocide Now and ally of Greta Thunberg, told the WEF committee that she wants to criminalize the side effects of making money from farming, fishing and energy generation. He talked about his wishes.https://t.co/aJiaQfZlkb pic.twitter.com/4RQqTRUZsN
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Last year, the European Parliament voted in favor of a bill criminalizing 'ecocide', but it has not yet been voted into EU law.
But now 11 countries around the world have codified the concept into their criminal laws, including Vietnam, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Belarus, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, and France.
A further 27 countries, including some EU member states, are actively considering following suit. according to To stop ecocide international.
Landmark lawsuit currently underway in Ukraine. The country plans to file a lawsuit against Russia at the International Criminal Court over environmental damage caused as a result of Russia's invasion of Russia. Activists hope that such cases could strengthen the legal basis for recognizing ecocide as an international crime.
But the concept has sparked a backlash, with legal experts saying that given that man-made disasters are often caused by large numbers of people across borders, prosecutors are unable to determine who is actually responsible. I have doubts about my abilities. Assigning responsibility for disasters allegedly caused by anthropogenic climate change will therefore become more difficult to prosecute.
Mehta's claims at the WEF also drew criticism on social media, including from Australian Senator Malcolm Roberts. saying: “This is what control freaks do: they invent new words, control the language, and stop the debate.”
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