“Recognizing ecocide: a legal framework to protect nature, communities and our common future”

Co-hosts: Republic of Vanuatu, Stop Ecocide Foundation, Stop Ecocide International, Flourishing Diversity, Synchronicity Earth, Amazon Sacred Headwaters

Time: 15:00 - 16.30

Recognizing “ecocide” - severe and either widespread or long-term harm to nature - as a crime at the international level could provide a protective and preventive legal guardrail that is currently missing. It would set an outer boundary to deter and sanction the worst threats and harms to the environment, while reframing and supporting the guardianship of nature. Speakers: Hon Ralph Regenvanu (Republic of Vanuatu), Jojo Mehta, Domingo Peas, Atossa Soltani, Inge Relph, Amalie Wilkinson, Gert Bruch. Moderator: Jessica Sweidan