Fiamẽ Naomi Mata ʻAfa
Prime Minister of Samoa
'We call on all leaders to join us as we explore pathways for addressing ecological destruction and climate breakdown… with the proposal of an amendment to the Rome Statute as a concrete first step.'
Antonio Guterres
UN Secretary General
“That there are only a handful of States that have criminalized ecocide is a reminder of the need to establish a crime of ecocide at the international level.”