SUCCESS!

We hit a major milestone at the start of this year when the EU voted through a revised environmental crime directive that included ecocide-level crimes. This was a huge moment, felt across the globe, and has had an immediate and wholly positive impact on our diplomatic efforts at the international level.

WHAT NEXT?

EU member states* now have two years to bring these rules into national law - but they can also make them stronger!

The greatest benefit of ecocide law is its application to the most severe cases of harm, regardless of the practice. The EU’s revised directive lists 20 acts that can be ‘comparable to ecocide’ - but such a list cannot adapt to technological or scientific changes and can be circumvented by redefining activities

GET INVOLVED

Join tens of thousands of others and sign (and share!) this petition, and this video, calling on EU member states to grasp this amazing opportunity to introduce a standalone, unqualified crime of ecocide and support its establishment as a crime at the International Criminal Court.

*Denmark and Ireland are exempt from the European Environmental Crime Directive as they opted out as part of the Treaty of Lisbon. These countries can still introduce their own crime of ecocide into their national penal codes and support the creation of ecocide law at the international level.

*France and Belgium both have existing forms of ecocide law however the new Environmental Crime Directive presents an opportunity for these countries to strengthen their country specific laws and support the creation of ecocide law at the international level.