Did you know? Support for recognition of an international crime of “Ecocide” – or mass damage and destruction of ecosystems – has been steadily gaining traction at a global level.
By June 2021, an expert panel of international lawyers, convened by the Stop Ecocide Foundation, will have developed a definition of ecocide as a crime that could be enshrined in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, alongside genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression.
Stop Ecocide Canada and the Stop Ecocide Foundation, along with the Canadian Partnership for International Justice, the Canada Research Chair on International Criminal Justice and Human Rights, the International Criminal and Humanitarian Law Clinic, and Université Laval’s Faculty of Law will convene an Earth Day Forum to discuss global and Canadian perspectives on the crime of ecocide.
Join us on 22 April 2021 at 12pm (UTC-4) – Earth Day – for a virtual conversation with panelists including:
- Lisa Oldring, Co-Chair of the event, Law and Policy Advisor, Stop Ecocide Canada
- Fannie Lafontaine, Co-Chair of the event, Full Professor, Faculty of Law, Université Laval
- Jojo Mehta, Co-founder and Executive Director, Stop Ecocide International;
- Darryl Robinson, Full Professor, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University;
- Géraud De Lassus Saint-Geniès, Assistant Professor, Faculté de droit, Université Laval.
The panelists’ biographical notes can be found here. (PDF, 800 Ko)
The Forum will create an initial space for exchange, between academics and practitioners from different disciplines in Canada, on the potential contribution of an international crime of ecocide to long-term ecosystem protection efforts.
Event Registration: https://www.cdiph.ulaval.ca/fr/ecocide
The event will also be streamed on Facebook by the event’s organizers.
