Land grabbing and environmental destruction could now be prosecuted under international law

Mongabay
Sep 22, 2016, 4:20 pm181 pts
The International Criminal Court (ICC), housed at The Hague in the Netherlands, has mostly focused on human rights abuses and war crimes committed during armed conflicts throughout its 14-year history. But the court has now signaled that it will begin investigating crimes such as land grabbing, environmental…

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