UK Labour Party Re-affirms and strengthens its Support for Ecocide Law

Shadow Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, re-affirmed the UK Labour Party’s support for a new international law of ecocide in his speech to the Labour Party Conference on 27 September.

He declared that Labour’s foreign policy would be green, stating that “we will seek to work with allies and partners to create a new international law of ecocide to criminalise the wanton and widespread destruction of the environment.”

This declaration was a strengthening of his announcement last year, whilst speaking as Shadow Justice Secretary, at an independent panel event on Ecocide Law and Climate Justice which was hosted in Glasgow during COP26 by Stop Ecocide International together with Global Witness, Client Earth and Climate Counsel.  At that event, he stated that the Labour Party was committed to supporting discussions around an international crime of ecocide.

Read full speech to Labour Party Conference here

Read about statement at COP26 here