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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 1d

Going to #IUCNCongress in #AbuDhabi this week?

Find the Stop Ecocide International team at Booth 121 throughout + at this panel discussion at #NaturePositive Pavilion on Sunday 12 Oct!

Info: www.stopecocide.eart...

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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 5d

"The DRC, profoundly affected by #ecocide, stands as the voice of Africa against ecological devastation"

CEO of the Mills Institute, Samuel Koku Anyidoho, discusses #EcocideLaw advocacy in #GHANA & across Africa!

Full modern ghana web piece🔗 www.modernghana.com/...

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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 7d

"Alongside the crime of genocide, another great horror unfolds: ecocide"

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social discusses #ecocide in #Gaza & calls for international criminal accountability in an article for the Guardian

Available here: www.theguardian.com/...

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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 8d

Rounding off a brilliant week at FESTACAFRICA 2025, a major festival of African culture in #Accra, #Ghana! 🌍

Jojo Mehta & Youth for Ecocide Law Co-Lead Debbie Buyaki were there with House Of Tammam's One Dress: PLANET.

About #EcocideLaw: www.stopecocide.eart...

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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 13d

Breaking: In his speech to the UN General Assembly, DRC's President Félix Tshisekedi reaffirmed his country’s support for #ECOCIDELAW.

Read the full story HERE: www.stopecocide.eart...

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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 15d

"Environmental defenders face prosecution while the most egregious crimes against nature escape justice"

Pia Björstrand writes in a new compelling new #EcocideLaw guest blog.

Read it HERE🔗 www.stopecocide.eart...

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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 17d

“This legislation may well serve as the foundation for a new era of marine legal protection”🌊

This article from Seasaver positions #Scotland's Ecocide Bill as a game-changer for ocean conservation in Scotland and globally.

Full article🔗 blueplanetsociety.or...

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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 19d

Essential WEBINAR debrief on last week's Africa Climate Summit!

Join @EcocideLawYouth to find out how #EcocideLaw conversations progressed at #ACS2 in Addis Ababa.

📅 Weds 24 September
⏰13:00 UK/ 15:00 Kenya

Register: www.stopecocide.eart...

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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 20d

#Ecocidelaw: “a new global framework within which companies are SUPPORTED in their moves toward sustainability"

Writes @Pension4Purpose CEO, Charlotte O'Leary, in a piece for @FastCompany.

Read HERE: fastcompany.com/9118...

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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 21d

"Protecting the rainforest is protecting life, peace, and the future of us all."

- @ManuelMavisoy, Secretary General of the Traditional Indigenous Authorities of Colombia @GobiernoMayor calls for #EcocideLaw.

#Forests4EcocideLaw: www.stopecocide.eart...

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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 22d

There is a nature-shaped hole in international criminal law.

The proposal by Pacific Island states to make #ecocide the fifth international crime at the ICC would change that.

Learn more 🔗 www.stopecocide.eart...

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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · Sep 6

When ecosystems are destroyed, communities lose their homes, livelihoods, and futures.

Criminalising this mass environmental destruction through #EcocideLaw protects what we all depend on: a living planet.

Learn more HERE🔗 www.stopecocide.eart...

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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · Sep 4

Are you a young person? 🙋

Do you want to see accountability for senior decision makers when they inflict severe & reckless harm on the environment?

Take action by joining Youth for Ecocide Law today!

Learn more/ join HERE🔗 linktr.ee/Youth4Ecoc...

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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · Sep 3

The ICC prosecutes genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity + the crime of aggression.

Do YOU agree that #ECOCIDE, mass destruction of the living world, should be added?

Join the global movement & support this mission! stopecocide.earth

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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · Sep 2

"Civil damages cannot restore a vanished ecosystem. Criminal accountability is the missing piece"

In a new guest blog. Ninsiima Louis Kandahura & Calvin Stewart Obita explore how #EcocideLaw could fill #Uganda's accountability gaps.

Read🔗 www.stopecocide.eart...

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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · Sep 1

We’ll be at Africa Climate Summit #ACS2 next week with this #EcocideLaw side event!

With distinguished speakers incl. the #DRC & #Burundi's environment ministers.

📅 2pm, Mon 8 Sept
📍Room AP2

More info🔗 www.stopecocide.eart...

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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · Aug 31

“Recognition of #ecocide is pivotal for the effective enjoyment of #humanrights”

- Volker Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Watch his full intervention (at 17:45): www.youtube.com/watc...

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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · Aug 29

"Suffering some of the worst effects of #climatechange, #Vanuatu, #Fiji + #Samoa submitted a proposal to the #ICC in September to recognise ecocide"

Learn more in this Context Newsroom piece.

Article🔗 www.context.news/nat...

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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · Aug 28

Danish followers! 🇩🇰📢

Don't miss this timely (in-person) event at aarhus festuge about #ecocide and #nature, THIS Sunday, 31 August.

Feat. a talk by architect Søren Nielsen & debate between municipal election candidates.

Full info: www.stopecocide.eart...

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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · Aug 22

"The case of the penguins was the main basis for the first #ecocide bill to be introduced in #Argentina" 🇦🇷

Rodrigo Lledó, Americas Director at Stop Ecocide International, writes in a new guest blog.

Read it HERE 🔗 www.stopecocide.eart...

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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · Aug 21

Imagine a world where the most severe environmental destruction carries real accountability.

#EcocideLaw is making this a reality & creating a powerful deterrent that protects our ecosystems.

Learn more🔗 www.stopecocide.eart...

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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · Aug 19

In 2021, independent experts formulated a groundbreaking legal definition of ecocide, which is now being used as the basis for legislation worldwide.

About🔗 www.stopecocide.eart...

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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · Aug 16

Why protect nature with criminal law (#EcocideLaw)?

Criminal law:
👼 Shapes moral boundaries
🤵 Creates personal accountability
💰 Redirects financial flows

More🔗 www.stopecocide.eart...

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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · Aug 15

#Ecocide = mass destruction of nature. The movement to CRIMINALISE ecocide is gaining global momentum.

Read @damiengayle.bsky.social 's @theguardian.com explainer: www.theguardian.com/...

Are you hopeful about #EcocideLaw progress?

Stay updated🔗 www.stopecocide.eart...

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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · Aug 14

FOLK MUSIC FOR THE EARTH 🎵

EARTH SONGS is the enchanting songbook by the folk singer/ songwriter Jehanne Mehta - available to buy now!

All royalties support the work of Stop Ecocide International🌍

Take a look 🔗 www.stopecocide.eart...

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