Legal Experts Define Ecocide, Take Step Toward International Criminal Law

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By Kaitlin SullivanJun 23, 2021, 10:49 am246 pts
After six months of deliberation, an international panel of 12 legal experts has drafted an official definition of ecocide. The definition was released Tuesday along with a proposed law that, if enacted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), would be the fifth crime the court prosecutes, Aljazeera reports.…

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