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)
outreach issue
No state party or government that is not a party to the ICC such as the United States will ever tell a victim or victim population about the ICC or it's work because they don't want to be prosecuted...Mass Rape issue
US law fails miserably when it comes to sex crimes, based on what you described above. Also, human trafficking victims are raped frequently/daily, yet implied consent is based on if they have the...Mass Rape issue
I'm a victim of task force police brutality so what you speak of does not surprise me.Mass Rape issue
Yes. Not just in cases of rape but in all cases. Some victims don't get the comprehensive protection or help they need to sustain life, let alone stay alive to testify, especially in high gravity...Victims Lecture issue
Re: Genocide. America's Love Affair With Al Qaeda. The 20 Year Saga Of A Man ICE Can't Deport Because Of Everyone Else. (Amazon Kindle) I've been trying to get the ICC to take this case which gives...prevention issue
Evidence based here: http://igeometricmediagroup.prosite.com/21182/gallery In the United States I do not believe that is possible. Why? Because I asked the ICC to step in on the gross mishandling of...libya issue
I have made a request to the ICC on another situation so I will use that comparison. I am not convinced any country can give a completely fair trial on a large matter involving government mishandling...prevention issue
My hunch is the ICC is more of a "off with your head," type of court rather than one that "plea bargains." (That is why they are superior for high crime cases). Roman Statue provisions. Look at what...prevention issue
Plea bargaining criminals or criminal activity is one of the reasons a case reaches the ICC in the first place. By the time a case within a country has reached the ICC it has cost a overwhelming...prevention issue
I work with a good number complex crime victims. The population is those who are victims of terrorism and human trafficking; women, children and their families. My commentary is based on experience...