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Stop Ecocide International

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Driving recognition of ecocide (mass harm to nature) as a serious crime around the world.

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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 13h
Celebrating a creative project that honours Vanuatu's leadership on #EcocideLaw! The Interwoven Project was created during WalkforEarthUK's remarkable thousand-mile walk to raise funds and awareness for #ecocidelaw. Learn more: walkforearth.co.uk/about/ #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Seven ecocide bills have been introduced in Mexico since 2018" The new Model #EcocideLaw for Latin America will harmonise and focus legislative progress, writes Stop Ecocide International's Rodrigo Lledó. Access Umbrelas (Issue 5): umbrales.com.mx/ #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Join live TOMORROW for a panel discussion to mark the opening of the #LatinAmerica Model #EcocideLaw Conference! 📍 Universidad Iberoamericana and via livestream ⏰ 4.30pm London/ 5.30pm Madrid/ 9.30am Mexico City Info & Livestream: www.stopecocide.eart... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#Latvia has become the first country to ratify a landmark treaty enabling states to prosecute conduct “tantamount to #ecocide”. Several states have so far signed the @coe.int Convention, including France, Portugal, and Sweden. Full story: www.coe.int/en/web/r... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Join LIVE next Thursday as the final text of the model #EcocideLaw for Latin America is unveiled! ⏰ 5.30pm London/ 10.30am Mexico City 📅 Thurs 1 Oct Full details and livestream HERE: www.stopecocide.earth/events/lives... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🌎 In much of the world, the most powerful in society are NOT held criminally accountable when they are responsible for acts of mass environmental destruction. That needs to change. Earth needs a new law - #EcocideLaw. Learn more HERE: stopecocide.earth #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Do you agree that mass destruction of nature should be a crime? Criminalising ecocide protects what we all depend on: a living planet. Learn more HERE🔗 www.stopecocide.earth #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"The environmental crisis does not produce uniform effects" Brazil's Senate has approved a bill prioritising children’s right to a healthy environment reports Agencia Brasil. #EcocideLaw can help secure this right. Read the article: agenciabrasil.ebc.co... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#Croatia's Justice Minister, Damir Habijan, has informed parliament about his government’s proposal to criminalise #ecocide. Full story: mpudt.gov.hr/news-25... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Change is happening. The criminalisation of #ecocide is advancing rapidly around the world. An overdue legal transformation to protect the living world and all of us who depend on it. Learn more: www.stopecocide.eart... #StopEcocide #EcocideLaw
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#Croatia's government has approved a proposal to criminalise #ecocide! The legislation would make mass harm to nature a serious crime in the country's national law. Full story: www.stopecocide.earth/bn-2025/croa... #StopEcocide #EcocideLaw
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"#EcocideLaw prevents the destruction of our only home” - Ed Sayers, Director of the new film Super Nature, is supporting the growing global movement to recognise #ecocide as a serious crime. About the film: www.supernature-film... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Walking a thousand miles with a mule to raise awareness and funds for the movement to criminalise #ecocide! Zoe Bicat spoke about this experience in a talk for the London Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers recently. Learn more: walkforearth.co.uk/ #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Transboundary haze in Southeast Asia must be treated as an ecological crisis leading to ecocide” A coalition led by Friends of the Earth AsiaPacific is calling for recognition of ecocide as a serious crime to address smoke-related air pollution. Story: www.walhi.or.id/tran... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“Ecocide joins Belgium’s most serious international crimes” In Belgium, the law now recognises mass harm to nature #ecocide as an international crime - The Brussels Times talks to one of the law's architects. Read here: www.brusselstimes.co... #StopEcocide #ecocidelaw
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Why protect nature with criminal law (#EcocideLaw)? Criminal law: 👼 Shapes moral boundaries 💰 Redirects financial flows 🤵 Creates personal accountability More🔗 www.stopecocide.eart... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Have you watched the latest episode of the #DefendingTomorrow podcast? Watch the episode featuring environmental lawyer Lina Muñoz Avila: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIZ1... Stream here: defendingtomorrow.podbean.com/e/lina-munoz... #StopEcocide #EcocideLaw
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Natural systems like #forests and #soils help to regulate the climate. That's why protecting nature from severe harm by criminalising #ecocide is essential for our climate resilience. About #ecocidelaw: www.stopecocide.earth/ #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"With a concrete ecocide law proposal on the table, the diplomatic discussion is open for #NewZealand to engage in" Kaeden Watts discusses the role NZ could play in advancing an international crime of #ecocide. 🔗 thespinoff.co.nz/pol... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
TWO YEARS ago TODAY, 3 Pacific Island states made history, submitting a formal proposal for a crime of #ecocide to the International Criminal Court!! The proposal aims to place mass destruction of nature alongside crimes like #genocide/ #warcrimes. Story: www.theguardian.com/... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Discussing #ecocidelaw at the launch of the Lawyers for Climate Justice Network and the Greenwatch Environmental Law Clinic in Uganda! Thank you to Greenwatch and the Uganda Law Society for organising. About ecocide law: www.stopecocide.earth/ #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#EcocideLaw has just come into force in #Belgium! 🇧🇪 The new provision was adopted by the Federal Parliament in February 2024 as part of a major reform of its criminal code. Get the full story: www.stopecocide.eart... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A moving new film, shot by contributors all over the world, captures the beauty of nature entirely on Super 8 film! The film’s director, Ed Sayers, is calling for #EcocideLaw to protect our only home. Learn more and find showings: www.supernature-film.co.uk #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
In Zagreb for a brilliant IICA panel discussion on Croatian gov’s #ecocide proposal! Stop Ecocide International's Sue Miller joined Croatia's Justice Minister Damir Habijan & Envoy for Climate Action Marija Pujo Tadić. Learn more: www.stopecocide.eart... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
At Earth Law Center's 4th Film Festival in #London! Steven Donziger and Stop Ecocide International's Jojo Mehta discussed the film #Crude, and forthcoming short from Lewis Levent entitled #EcocideLaw. About #Crude: www.radicalmedia.com... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“Imagine someone destroying an entire forest and facing a fine the price of a used electric bike” - Stop Ecocide Denmark's Bart Bes & Emilie Ellesøe Nielsen write about the need for #EcocideLaw in Århus Stiftstidende. Full story 🔗 stiften.dk/debat/vi-... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Happening tomorrow! 🚨 What might #Croatia's #EcocideLaw look like? Stop Ecocide International's Sue Miller will speak alongside Croatia's Justice Minister, Damir Habijan, and Special Envoy for Climate, Marija Pujo Tadić! 📍Zagreb Info: www.stopecocide.earth/events/iica-... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Out now: a brand new academic special issue on #EcocideLaw! The latest issue of InRights is entitled "Ecocide, Human Rights and Environmental Justice" - edited by Damien Short, Kate Mackintosh, Darryl Robinson & Lisa Oldring. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/... #StopEcocide @tandfonline.bsky.social
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Tropical rainforests can recover by 90% in just 30 years - that's far faster than we once thought. Protecting forests from mass destruction is key, and that’s where #EcocideLaw comes in. Protect now, recover faster🌱 🔗www.nytimes.com/2026... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
“A law on #ecocide is becoming more urgently needed by the day.” Caroline Lucas - writer, campaigner and former Green Party MP is supporting the criminalisation of mass harm to nature (#ecocidelaw)! Learn more: www.stopecocide.earth/ #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Brilliant to be part of the 43rd Cambridge Int’l Symposium on Economic Crime! Stop Ecocide International's Jojo Mehta spoke about #ecocidelaw as part of a panel of leading lawyers and experts in environmental crime. About the Symposium: www.crimesymposium.org/ #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"Ecocide is not, at its core, a discussion about courts. It is about responsibility" In a new Stop Ecocide International guest blog, Jorge Barona explains why he thinks that #ecocide is a question for parents as much as lawyers. Read: www.stopecocide.eart... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
#Croatia has announced plans to introduce a new crime of #ecocide. Justice Minister Damir Habijan said the offence would target the most severe forms of environmental destruction. Full story: www.stopecocide.eart... #StopEcocide #EcocideLaw
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“A law on #ecocide is becoming more urgently needed by the day.” Caroline Lucas - writer, campaigner and former Green Party MP is supporting the criminalisation of mass harm to nature (#ecocidelaw)! Learn more: www.stopecocide.earth/ #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The crime of #ecocide will enter into force in #Belgium in just one week! From 1st September, mass environmental destruction will be treated as a serious crime. Full @rtlinfos.bsky.social story: www.rtl.be/actu/belg... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"There is a whole movement of laws around the world to align human laws with laws of nature" - Grant Wilson (EarthLawCenter) spoke about earth-centred legal movements like #rightsofnature and #ecocidelaw at TEDTalks. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwSm... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Are you on Substack? Subscribe to our page for deep dives & insights from the #ecocidelaw movement! 🔗 stopecocide.substack... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"Criminal law has the force to respond to the mass destruction of nature" The latest ep of the #DefendingTomorrow podcast features environmental lawyer Lina Muñoz Avila! Watch here: www.youtube.com/watc... Stream here: defendingtomorrow.po... #StopEcocide #EcocideLaw
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Italian MPs are calling for #ecocide to be recognised as an international crime. Fabio Porta and Debora Serracchiani of the Democratic Party said that the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court should be amended to include #ecocidelaw. Full story: www.stopecocide.eart... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A growing global movement is seeking recognition of #ecocide as a serious crime. What is ecocide? 2021 Expert Panel: SEVERE & either WIDESPREAD or LONG-TERM damage to the environment (i.e. the MOST serious cases of harm)! Learn more: www.stopecocide.eart... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“Ex-Commissioner says scale of damage in Niger Delta amounts to #ecocide” Iniruo Wills, former state Environment Commissioner in #Nigeria, called for criminal accountability for mass oil pollution. Full The Sun Nigeria story: thesun.ng/ex-commiss... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"The bill voted through by Mauritius's National Assembly gives recognition to the crime of #ecocide" Valentine Mayer (L'Express Maurice) reports on the island nation's new #EcocideLaw. 🔗lexpress.mu/s/ecocid... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
#Ecocide features in UNDP's #ClimateDictionary: Nature Edition alongside key terms like #environmentaljustice and #indigenousknowledge! Check it out: climatepromise.undp.... Learn more about #ecocidelaw🔗 stopecocide.earth/ #StopEcocide #EcocideLaw
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
At UNICEF Uganda's Local Conference of Youth discussing #ecocide and #climate! Stop Ecocide International's Diplomatic Liaison in Uganda, Reagan Elijah moderated a panel of young environmental advocates. Learn more about #ecocidelaw: www.stopecocide.earth/ #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The #ocean produces most of the oxygen we breathe, regulates the climate and sustains biodiversity and livelihoods across the planet. Destroying it on a massive scale should be a crime. Support #ecocidelaw: www.stopecocide.eart... #StopEcocide #Ecocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Did you know there is now an international treaty criminalising ecocide-level offences? Last year, the Council of Europe agreed a landmark convention on environmental crimes, the first international, legally-binding treaty of its kind. 🔗www.euronews.com/gre... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Why protect nature with criminal law (#EcocideLaw)? Criminal law: 👼 Shapes moral boundaries 💰 Redirects financial flows 🤵 Creates personal accountability More🔗 www.stopecocide.eart... #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
🧑‍🎓 Are you a student? Want to get involved in the movement to make #ecocide a serious crime around the world? Join Stop Ecocide International Student Ambassadors to help change the law for a safer future! Get involved🔗 www.stopecocide.earth/students #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Shockingly, in most of the world, someone can destroy an entire ecosystem without facing any real consequences. #EcocideLaw progress is changing that. When nature destruction carries personal accountability, safer choices follow. Learn more🔗 stopecocide.earth/about #StopEcocide
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Two of #Germany's political parties are pushing for a new crime of #ecocide. The Left Party @dielinkebt.de and The Greens Die Gruenen called for the federal government to go further in its draft reform of environmental criminal law. Full story: www.stopecocide.eart... #StopEcocide
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