Karen McCarthy Woolf’s new poetry collection Unsafe , published in February 2026, by Bloomsbury, brings together work developed during her residency at The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA ...

In Suriname’s offshore oil ambitions: navigating human rights, climate change commitments and the risk of ecocide , Daphina Misiedjan, Ph.D. examines how Suriname stands at a critical crossroads. W...

This article examines how Jamaica, as a Small Island Developing State (SIDS), faces disproportionate environmental harm from resource extraction by multinational corporations, compounded by climate-re...

Book discussion of ‘Chinese Global Environmentalism’ by Alex Wang: a look into China’s rise to the stage of climate action. Into the mind of the Green Dragon.

The third in the series of new articles from our upcoming Special Issue of the International Journal for Human Rights on Ecocide, Human Rights and Environmental Justice, is certainly not the leas...

An interview with professor Alex Wang about the world’s newest environmental superhero: China.

International law is starting to reflect a growing global consensus on the need to recognise the climate effects of armed conflicts.

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Baroness Rosie Boycott opened the conference with a thoughtful keynote address.  She reflected on themes that would reappear throughout the day, beginning with the contrast between her own child...

The criminalisation of ecocide is coming, both domestically and internationally. The real question for us, especially in the business and human rights community, is: what difference will it make? Ho...

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The OTP Policy on Addressing Environmental Damage through the Rome Statute has been launched this Thursday at the Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.  ...

The semester has officially come to an end for our UCLA Law in The Hague students. It has been a full and inspiring period: internships at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the Kosovo Specia...

At the Assembly of States Parties (ASP24) , experts from Ukraine and international legal organisations outlined how environmental harm is being investigated and framed in active conflict, offering ins...

In his article “ Human, all too Human”: The Anthropocentricization of Ecocide , Matthew Gillet warns that defining ecocide around human interests risks undermining the ecocentric rationale for add...

Samia Dumbuya is a climate educator, facilitator, and founder of The People’s Ark , empowering marginalised communities in the UK to become active climate changemakers. For over a decade, they’ve le...

Monica Lennon is a Scottish Labour and Co-operative Member of the Scottish Parliament for Central Scotland, first elected in 2016. We invited Monica to speak at the upcoming International Conference...

Humans Matter Too: “Ecocentric” Does not Mean “Misanthropic” Meet Darryl Robinson, Professor at Queen’s University, Faculty of Law, member of Ecocide Law Advisory and part of the expert panel on the ...

📅 Join us on Wednesday, September 24, at 7 PM for a new IDN Interview ! IDN France - Initiatives for Nuclear Disarmament will welcome Kate Mackintosh , Executive Director and Prof...

Dr. Lwabukuna is a distinguished Tanzanian legal scholar and lawyer with two decades of experience spanning academia, advocacy, and policy research across Africa and the UK. Through her work, she ac...

Jonathan Liljeblad was born in Myanmar as a member of the Pa’Oh Indiginous peoples and grew up in Sweden and the United States. His analysis Intersections of Ecocide, Indigenous Struggle, & Pro-D...

We are honoured to welcome Her Excellency Macenje Mazoka, the High Commissioner of the Republic of Zambia to the United Kingdom. With over three decades in broadcasting, governance, and diplomacy, sh...

The UCLA Law in The Hague students are spending this week in Geneva! On Day 1, the students were able to watch the UN Human Rights Council consider reports on unilateral sanctions, mercenaries and th...

Dr Lovleen Bhullar is Assistant Professor in Environmental Law at the University of Cambridge, as a speaker at our upcoming conference in London on 31 October. Dr Bullar, together with Gita Parih...

On the last day of their visit to Geneva, the UCLA Law in The Hague students were able to sit in as states debated the reports of the working groups on arbitrary detention and enforced disappearanc...

We were delighted to join the community reception and forum for University of California alumni, students, and friends in the Netherlands at the 25th anniversary celebration of the study abroad exch...

Daniel Adjin Odonkor is a lawyer and researcher with the Centre of Criminology at the University of Cape Town, where his work explores the intersection of criminal law, human rights, and social justic...

Nature Matters , edited by Mona Arshi and Karen McCarthy Woolf, gathers African, Asian, and Caribbean diaspora voices to reimagine environmentalism and ecopoetics. Woolf, our 2020 Poet in Residence at...

This one-day conference will bring together international perspectives on ecocide from Ghana and Africa, Brazil, Colombia and Latin America, Jamaica, and Small Island Developing States. Discussions ...

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International Conference on Ecocide, Human Rights, and Environmental Justice   📆 31 October 2025   📍 Senate House, London   Mark your calendars for a landmark gathering at the int...

Our ED Kate Mackintosh was in the courtroom of the International Court of Justice yesterday to hear the delivery of the historic Advisory Opinion on Climate Change. Among other significant findings, t...

Human rights lawyer warns GHF staff may face war crimes charges over deadly incidents at Gaza’s aid distribution sites.