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- Borys Babin: Next Step in Global Reaction to International Environmental Crimes Issues of the international crimes against the environment, including the aspect of ecocide qualification, are the sustainable topic of the researches of the Association of Reintegration of Crimea (ARC). ARC expert publications exposed propaganda fakes regarding the events of Russia-Ukrainian coflict, on the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam, on Black Sea pollution, on illicit “Crimea claims... (more)
- park2026: Criminalizing Ecocide: Will Corporations Change? Introduction As climate change accelerates and ecosystems face unprecedented destruction, existing legal frameworks have proven inadequate to prevent or meaningfully deter large-scale environmental harm. Corporations, especially transnational corporations operating across jurisdictions, play a central role in driving deforestation, pollution, biodiversity loss, and greenhouse gas emissions, often... (more)
- Wangu Gatonye: I. Introduction “Ecocide” was coined in the 1970s through a proposal by Professor Arthur W. Galston, but has only recently gained popularity in legal circles.1 The proposed definition is: “[U]nlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and either widespread or long-term damage to the environment being caused by those acts.”2 The work that the diverse Independent... (more)
- Talia Boyadjian: Why the IEPs Draft Definition of Ecocide Cannot Work as a Core Crime The concept of ecocide has circulated long before current efforts to amend the Rome Statute, with domestic and international circles debating it as a proposed legal tool to address human-caused extreme environmental destruction.1 Early formulations data back to the Vietnam War in response to large-scale wartime... (more)
Mass Rape issue
If the ICC is to allow a pro se party to defend herself, then this party must not be prevented from conducting cross-examination. For as we all know, cross-examination is a critical part of any trial...Mass Rape issue
Discerning a Coercive Environment: What Circumstances of Mass Rape Generate Inherent Compulsion Argument Despite the lack of a definition for...reparations issue
How to Disentangle State Assets from Reparation Funds Argument: Assuming the implementation of a reparations regime pursuant to Article 75 of the...prevention issue
Ambassador Scheffer suggests the adoption of a new protocol allowing for the creation of a type of "snatch team" to deter future violators who are impressed by its " proven record of enforcement of...libya issue
Currently, Seif al-Islam, one of the most important figures in pre-war Libya, remains confined by one of the tribal militias still operating despite multiple pleas by its national government to lay...prevention issue
Economic Sanctions & Capacity Building: Two Approaches to Prevent Atrocities Most Effectively Argument Because the ICC does...