Ecocide criminalising serious harm against the environment Laura Burgers, Merle Kooijman, Stavros Evdokimos Pantazopoulos, Christophe Paulussen, editors

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burgers, Laura, 1989- editor.

Kooijman, Merle, editor.

Pantazopoulos, Stavros-Evdokimos, editor.

Paulussen, Christophe, 1979- editor.

Series:

International criminal justice series ; v. 38.

International criminal justice series 2352-6726 volume 38

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecocide--Law and legislation.

Offenses against the environment--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

The Hague, The Netherlands Asser Press [2026]

Summary:

"This book explores the concept of ecocide and critically assesses how the criminalisation of serious harm against the environment fits within international criminal law broadly construed. To this end, the book's chapters address four key questions: constitutes ecocide, can it be prosecuted, should it be prosecuted, and are its perpetrators and victims? In addition to more practice-focused chapters, including case studies on the Netherlands and Ukraine, the publication analyses and challenges fundamental conceptual issues, including the binary opposition between ‘anthropocentrism’ and ‘ecocentrism’ in the ecocide discourse. The reader is confronted with and forced to reflect on intriguing questions such as: is it fair to only prosecute representatives of large business corporations and state officials, while letting consumers of polluting products off the hook? And does the legal framework of the International Criminal Court (ICC) allow for the recognition of nonhumans, such as the environment, as victims of ecocide? This edited volume is interesting for students, teachers, scholars, practitioners, policymakers and legislators. It aims to assist in fleshing out crucial parameters in the lead-up to the potential inclusion of the fifth core international crime in the Rome Statute of the ICC, as well as in relation to efforts to criminalise ecocide at the national level – both of which have gained unprecedented momentum in recent times"-- Springer Nature Link

Contents:

Ecocide : analysing the compatibility of the crime of seriously harming the environment with international criminal law / Laura Burgers, Merle Kooijman, Stavros Evdokimos Pantazopoulos, and Christophe Paulussen

Crime against who or what? A historical and ontological inquiry into ecocide discourse / Clémentine Dècle-Classen

Protecting the environment through international criminal law : a legal analysis of available options / Ana Stella Ebbersmeyer

Ecocide : toward autonomous environmental crimes / Judith Alkema and Michael Faure

The crime of ecocide through human rights : towards environmental protection and justice / Lisa Oldring and Kate Mackintosh

Ecocide as an international crime? Perspectives on prosecution at the ICC and in the Netherlands / Göran Sluiter, Barbara van Straaten, and Ava Schuster

Lawfare against ecocide : how Ukraine prosecutes environmental crimes committed during armed conflict / Borys Babin and Oleksii Plotnikov

Climate change as the ultimate form of ecocide : are producers and consumers ‘partners in crime’? / Harmen van der Wilt

Who could be responsible for ecocide under the Rome Statute? / Tomas Hamilton and Marc Tiernan

Ecocide : the environment as victim at the International Criminal Court / Giovanna Maria Frisso

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Springer Nature Link, viewed April 16, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Ecocide

ISBN:

9789462657151

9462657157

OCLC:

1584509149

Access Restriction:

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