Belgian foreign affairs committee calls for ecocide law

Belgium’s parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee has passed a resolution submitted by Samuel Cogolati (Ecolo, Walloon green party) and Wouter De Vriendt (Groen, Flemish green party):

"calling on the Belgian government to include the crime of ecocide in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and in the Belgian Penal Code". 

The resolution was passed by majority vote.  It is non-binding, but gives the federal government a strong mandate to take diplomatic steps.  The committee resolution will be put to the full Assembly in early December.