Feb 03 2023
AELA is hosting an Australian working group made up of lawyers, academic researchers and law students, who are working to draft Ecocide laws for jurisdictions in Australia. The working group presented webinars on 24 November 2021 and …
Feb 02 2023
This blog will explore how we can make ecocide an international crime.
There are several ways that Ecocide could be recognised as a crime in international law. One way is to create an International Treaty signed by Nation States. At …
Feb 01 2023
This blog will explore Stop Ecocide International and the Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide.
Stop Ecocide International (SEI) was co-founded in 2017 by pioneering barrister Polly Higgins (1968-2019) and current Executive Director Jojo …
Feb 01 2023
We are currently living in an ecological and climate emergency and the sixth mass extinction. Through 2019 and 2020 Australia suffered bushfires. The fires destroyed more than 10 million hectares of land across Australia, including more than 20% of temperate …
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