“Strategic legal approaches to safeguard climate, nature and our future: International Court of Justice & International Criminal Court”
In-person panel event on key legal initiative
Time: 09:00 - 09:55 GMT / 10:00 - 10:55 CET / 11:00 - 11:55 EET
Venue: Moana Blue Pacific Pavilion
Co-hosted by: Republic of Vanuatu,
The Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) & Stop Ecocide Foundation.
Please note that we are unable to guarantee in-person places for this event at COP 27, so encourage you to add the date to your diary.
We look forward to welcoming you.
If you are unable to attend in person, the event will be live-streamed and available on demand. Please register:
Recognising “ecocide” - severe and either widespread or long-term harm to nature - as a crime at the International Criminal Court could provide a legal guardrail to steer us back from the precipice by setting an outer boundary to deter, prevent and sanction the worst threats to ecosystems and keystone species.
A clear legal advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on the responsibilities of states with respect to climate change could set out what citizens should expect from their policy-makers and why.
Together these avenues can frame the duties and responsibilities that could bridge to a liveable world for the children of all species, including our own.
Speakers:
Special Envoy on Climate Change for the Pacific.
Lead Campaigner, Pacific Island Students Fighting Climate Change.
Co-founder and Executive Director, Stop Ecocide International.
General Secretary, Pacific Conference of Churches (virtual).
Moderator:
Regional Policy Coordinator, Pacific Islands Climate Action Network.
Co-hosted by: Republic of Vanuatu, The Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) & Stop Ecocide Foundation
In association with Stop Ecocide International
