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The multiple faces of ecocide as a new crime against humanity: challenges and opportunities for states and companies

 
 

LIVE WEBINAR Tuesday 29th March 2022, 16:30 CET

Guest speakers:

  • Kate Mackintosh, Director Promise Institute for Human Rights UCLA, and co-deputy chair of Independent Expert Panel for the Definition of Ecocide.

  • Liliana Lizarazo Rodriguez, Research professor at Brussels School of Governance, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, principal investigator of the ERC Curiae Virides Research Project and head of LLM.

  • Alec Van Vaerenbergh, Legal adviser with DLA Piper on energy, environment and administrative/regulatory law and ESG reporting.

  • Jonas Roupé, Co-founder of Ecocide Law Alliance.

    Hosted and moderated by:

  • Siel Hoornaert, Master Neuroscience, Institute for Brain and Cognition, University of Amsterdam and volunteer at End Ecocide Belgium.

  • Xavier Farre Fabregat, PhD researcher at the ERC Curiae Virides Research Project, Brussels School of Governance, VUB.

There will be ample time for questions to our experts from academia, the law practise and business.

More information available here.

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Earlier Event: March 23
Environmental defenders & Ecocides
Later Event: April 8
Crimes against humanity, genocide, and ecocide: Of rights, responsibilities, and international order

Stop Ecocide International is driving the global conversation on recognition of ecocide as an international crime and its potential for deterring destructive practices, protecting vital ecosystems and catalysing positive systems change.