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Driving the global conversation around #ecocidelaw, the criminalisation of mass harm to nature.
A state-mandated review in Ghana has proposed establishing a domestic crime of #ecocide.

If implemented, Ghana would become the first African nation to establish ecocide as a domestic crime.

Full story: www.stopecocide.eart...

#StopEcocide #EcocideLaw
January 15, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Too often, existing legal tools fail to prevent serious environmental harm.

#EcocideLaw introduces individual criminal accountability for severe harm to nature, safeguarding ecosystems and all of us who rely on them.

Learn more: www.stopecocide.earth/

#StopEcocide
January 14, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Are you on Substack?

Head to our page to find deep dives & insights on international law, environmental protection, #ecocidelaw & more!

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#StopEcocide
January 13, 2026 at 5:56 PM
"By making ecocide a crime, society marks its disapproval of acts that vandalise the earth"

In a new piece for @lawdotcom, Dame Eleanor Sharpston & Monica Schüldt make the case for #ecocidelaw.

Read here: www.law.com/internat...

#StopEcocide
January 12, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Later this month in #Hamburg - join an exciting international workshop on #ecocide and climate litigation!

Stop Ecocide International's Sue Miller will be there discussing #EcocideLaw progress.

📅 29-30 January 2026

Info: www.stopecocide.eart...

#StopEcocide
January 11, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Mass harm to nature could soon be a crime in #Scotland.

Watch Monica Lennon MSP explain to SPNetZero why her #ecocide bill is urgently necessary.

Full clip: www.youtube.com/watc...

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#StopEcocide #ecocidelaw
January 10, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Did you know that 72% of people surveyed globally believe #ecocide should be a crime? 🌏

That's according to a major poll by Ipsos Group, Earth4All & Global Commons

About: businessgreen.com/ne...

#StopEcocide #EcocideLaw
January 9, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Breaking! 📢 An #ecocide bill has been lodged in the #DRC's parliament.

Senator Cedric Ngindu's proposal would enable prosecution of severe environmental harm under Congolese domestic law.

Full story🔗 www.stopecocide.eart...

#StopEcocide
January 8, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Could #ecocide soon be criminalised in #Italy?

Don't miss this event about #ecocide at John Cabot University Rome, co-organised with UNICRI & #SIOI

📅 Fri 30 Jan, 10:00-13:00
📍Rome, Italy

More info: www.stopecocide.eart...

#StopEcocide
January 7, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Check out this beautiful illustrated zine by artist & ocean conservationist Josephine Vermilye depicting how #EcocideLaw could protect our ocean!

Find Josephine’s artwork on instagram: www.instagram.com/ro...

Learn more about ocean & ecocide: www.stopecocide.eart...

#StopEcocide
January 6, 2026 at 10:38 AM
"The conversation around #ecocide has moved decisively into mainstream policy"

Sophie Dembinski writes about the rapid growth of #EcocideLaw globally in a new piece for Aldersgate.

Read it here: www.aldersgategroup....

#StopEcocide
January 5, 2026 at 5:23 PM
"The proposed law is designed to put #ecocide on a similar legal footing to other grave crimes such as murder."

@theguardian.com reports on Scotland’s ecocide bill.

Story: www.theguardian.com/...

#StopEcocide #EcocideLaw
January 2, 2026 at 10:58 AM
"Imagine a world where environmental crime occupied as much space in our news feeds as gangs and murders"

This @theguardian.com article by Julia Shaw examines what it would mean to treat #ecocide as a serious crime.

Full story: www.theguardian.com/...

#StopEcocide #EcocideLaw
Should we treat environmental crime more like murder?
Serial killers and violent criminals dominate the headlines. What if we covered ecocide and pollution in the same way?
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
In 2025, #EcocideLaw momentum accelerated like never before!

The movement has gone from strength to strength, whether at ICC, in regional bodies or in domestic jurisdictions around the world!

Learn more: www.stopecocide.eart...

#StopEcocide
December 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"Amid widespread acknowledgment that we live on a planet in peril, the term 'ecocide' packs a powerful rhetorical punch"

Prof. Hamilton makes a case for the expressive power of #EcocideLaw in the Harvard Human Rights Journal.

Article🔗 papers.ssrn.com/sol3...

#StopEcocide
December 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
When entire ecosystems are destroyed, the perpetrators routinely walk away untouched

#EcocideLaw changes that by introducing individual criminal accountability for mass environmental damage,

LEARN MORE🔗www.stopecocide.eart...

#StopEcocide
December 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
December 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
"A growing movement is calling for '#ecocide' to be established as a crime at the ICC – equal in status to genocide and war crimes"

Berlin Morgen Post explores the momentum behind a 5th international crime of ecocide.

Link: www.morgenpost.de/wi...

#StopEcocide
December 23, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Groundbreaking #ecocide research project secures nearly €2m in EU funding!

The SEECODE project in Norway will support documentation, investigation & accountability for environmental crimes.

Learn more: gemini.no/2025/12/eu...

#StopEcocide
December 22, 2025 at 8:51 AM
"People working for corporations now risk criminal prosecution in #TheHague for environmental crimes"

Isabella Kaminski & Molly Quell discuss implications of the ICC Prosecutor's new policy on env. damage incl for #EcocideLaw.

Read: www.the-wave.net/int...

#StopEcocide
December 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Breaking! 📢 The Congo Basin Climate Commission, representing 17 African nations, has called for an international crime of #ecocide!

Learn more: www.stopecocide.eart...

#StopEcocide
December 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Germany has made an early move to add “crimes comparable to ecocide” to its national legislation! 🇩🇪

This comes as part of its transposition of the EU’s revised Environmental Crime Directive.

Full story: www.stopecocide.eart...

#StopEcocide
December 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Great to meet w states supporting #EcocideLaw in Africa at #UNEA7!

Stop Ecocide International met with #DRC's Env. Minister Nyange Ndambo, #RepublicofCongo's Env. Minister Arlette Soudan-Nonault & delegation for #Burundi

Learn more: www.stopecocide.eart...

#StopEcocide
December 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"ICC Prosecutor's office has committed to ensuring environmental crimes are a strategic priority"

The Brussels Times reports on the ICC's new policy on environmental damage & progress in the #EcocideLaw movement.

🔗 www.brusselstimes.co...

#StopEcocide
December 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Breaking!📢 Moldova, Portugal + EU have signed a new Council of Europe treaty criminalising severe environmental harm "tantamount to #ecocide".

The treaty enables prosecution of conduct causing severe environmental damage.

Full story: www.stopecocide.eart...

#EcocideLaw #StopEcocide
December 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM