Ripples of hope festival
15-19 September Greater Manchester, UK
On Sunday 19 September 2021
as part of the session:
ENVIRONMENT & THE PLANET - Where are we now?
Jojo Mehta, Co-Founder & Executive Director Stop Ecocide International
and
Philippe Sands QC, Co-Chair of the Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide
will both be speaking at panel event:
Ecocide: Putting The Earth In The Witness Box
at 2:45 pm BST
A law of ecocide would see acts of ‘massive environmental damage’, such as oil spills, large-scale deforestation and extensive pollution, become criminalised at the International Criminal Court, alongside genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of aggression. How might that change the behaviour of industries and governments that currently ride roughshod over the planet's needs?
Speakers include:
Nnimmo Bassey, Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation
Jojo Mehta, Co-Founder, Stop Ecocide International
Karen McCarthy Woolf, Poet and Broadcaster
Prof Philippe Sands QC, President, English PEN
More about the festival:
The Ripples of Hope Festival celebrates the power of people to make human rights a reality for all.
Inspired by people – their stories, their strength and their creativity – Ripples of Hope is a new, unique 5-day festival for all of us to:
THINK ABOUT THE CHALLENGES WE FACE AS COMMUNITIES AND AS HUMANITY;
CELEBRATE THE POWER OF PEOPLE TO MAKE CHANGE; AND
EXPLORE HOW WE CAN - TOGETHER - TAKE ACTION TO MAKE HUMAN RIGHTS A REALITY IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND ACROSS THE WORLD.
A weekend of conversations, workshops and performances,
as we explore together the world as it is and as we can make it.
You'll hear from - and hopefully add your voice to - activists, performers, poets, organisers and artists as we share stories, discuss and debate, laugh and listen around our five themes:
Dignity & Justice
Equity & Equality
Arts & Culture
Activism & Participation
Environment & the Planet