On 16th May 2020, I first wrote about Stop Ecocide campaign.
The possibility of establishing ecocide as an international crime has just come significantly closer.
President Emmanuel Macron of France this week gave his official response to the 150 randomly selected members of the French citizens assembly on climate, the Convention Citoyenne pour le Climat (CCC), a body he convened last year to provide proposals to the French Government to tackle climate change.
The assembly’s deliberations took 9 months. Foremost among their proposals, supported by a remarkable 99.3% of the assembly, was making ecocide a crime. President Macron stopped short of accepting the exact text proposed, but clearly endorsed the principle. He assured the citizens of his support by saying: “We'll study, with you and legal experts, how this principle can be incorporated into French law."
Moreover, he specifically promised, on behalf of France, to champion the enshrining of ecocide crime in international law.
President Macron said: “As for ecocide, I think I was the first leader to use that term when the Amazon was burning so I share the ambition that you defend … the mother of all battles is international: to ensure that this term is enshrined in international law so that leaders are accountable before the International Criminal Court.”
So .... come on UK Government .... show some leadership and commitment and follow the example of France.
Stop Ecocide: change the law, protect the earth
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