Earth Day Forum

Ecocide as an International Crime?
Global and Canadian perspectives

Stop Ecocide Canada and the Stop Ecocide Foundation, along with the Canadian Partnership for International Justice, the Canada Research Chair on International Criminal Justice and Human Rights, the International Criminal and Humanitarian Law Clinic, and Université Laval’s Faculty of Law convene an Earth Day Forum to discuss global and Canadian perspectives on the crime of ecocide.

22 April 2021 at 12:00 - 14:00 EDT / 17:00-19:00 BST– Earth Day – for a virtual conversation with panelists including:

• Lisa Oldring, Co-Chair of the event, Law and Policy Advisor, Stop Ecocide Canada

• Fannie Lafontaine, Co-Chair of the event, Full Professor, Faculty of Law, Université Laval

• Jojo Mehta, Co-founder and Executive Director, Stop Ecocide International, Chair, Stop Ecocide Foundation

• Darryl Robinson, Full Professor, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University

• Géraud De Lassus Saint-Geniès, Assistant Professor, Faculté de droit, Université Laval.

It is intended that the Forum will create an initial space for exchange, between academics and practitioners from different disciplines in Canada, on the potential contribution of an international crime of ecocide to long-term ecosystem protection efforts.