Parliamentary question in Ireland: Will the government support an international crime of ecocide?

Simon Coveney, Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Republic of Ireland, was put on the spot in the Daíl by Jennifer Whitmore TD on the subject of ecocide law during parliamentary questions on 11th November.

"Will your government take a lead on this issue and actually work with [the legal drafting] panel to progress the definition of ecocide and its subsequent incorporation into the Rome Statute?" (Watch here)

The Minister declined to answer immediately but promised to return to Ms Whitmore with a fuller answer if she would write to or call him.