RT Article
T1 Protecting the planet: a proposal for a law of ecocide
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 59
IS 3
SP 251
OP 266
A1 Higgins, Polly 1968-2019
A1 Short, Damien
A1 South, Nigel 1954-
A2 Short, Damien
A2 South, Nigel 1954-
LA English
YR 2013
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1854253670
AB A wide range of actions imperil the planet and threaten the future of humanity and other species. This essay notes some examples of crimes and harms damaging to the environment and human and non-human species as well as various forms of response that have called for more effective and appropriate models of justice and law than currently prevail. This leads to a discussion of several suggestions regarding the development and expression of an earth jurisprudence and to the history of a proposal that "ecocide" be recognised internationally as a crime. Analysis of documentary sources traces this idea from debates about the concept of genocide to consideration by United Nations officials as to how crimes against the environment might be defined, and shows how near such a proposal has previously come to acceptance and enactment. The article concludes with an argument for supporting a law of ecocide as the 5th Crime against Peace.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 264-266
K1 Environmental Crime
K1 Restorative Justice
K1 Rome Statute
K1 Special Rapporteur
K1 Strict Liability
DO 10.1007/s10611-013-9413-6