11:00 - 15:00, Montag, 16. Dezember 2024
an der Universität Carlos III, Campus Getafe SALA 14.0.11
This Workshop, hosted jointly by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Stop Ecocide International, will explore recent events internationally and nationally concerning ecocide legislation. It has two main components.
One focuses on exploring developments nationally regarding ecocide legislation, specifically the opportunity of legislating ecocide as an autonomous crime in Spain in the transposition of the EU Directive on the protection of the environment through criminal law passed in spring 2024.
The other focuses on key recent developments internationally, namely the recent tabling of a proposal by Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa to have ecocide adopted as the ‘fifth ICC Statute crime’ as well as the process launched by the ICC Office of the Prosecutor concerning the development of a policy paper on environmental crimes.
The workshop seeks to understand the rationale, feasibility and possible consequences of these developments, in this sense building on the workshop conducted in 2023, also hosted jointly by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Stop Ecocide International, “Prosecuting Ecocide: Prospects for enforcement nationally and internationally”.
The main intention of the present workshop is to provide a forum for discussing some key developments occurring since then, specifically the study of the possible way forward for ecocide legislation in Spain (session will be conducted in Spanish) and the ICC amendment proposal tabled by a group Pacific island states as well as the process surrounding the ICC’s development of a Policy Paper on environmental crimes (session will be conducted in English) and, with a view to enrich the debate about the best ways forward achieving more solid environmental crimes accountability, including for ecocide.
These themes surrounding ecocide legislation nationally and proposals for including ecocide in ICC jurisdiction are gaining significant traction among academics, policy-makers, legal practitioners and civil society in recent years. Important questions relating to the legal definition of ecocide, the feasibility of norms-adoption and enforcement remain subject to debate and a level of uncertainty – the workshop seeks to add to this conversation.
The workshop will be in hybrid format, live-streamed and recorded
Die Veranstaltung wird ausgerichtet von: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid & Stop Ökozid International
Akademischer Koordinator: Thomas Obel Hansen
Stop Ökozid Internationale Koordinatoren: Maite Mompó & Rodrigo Lledó