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In March 2010 international barrister and award winning author Polly Higgins proposed to the United Nations that Ecocide be made the fifth Crime Against Peace. Ecocide is defined as 'the extensive damage to, destruction of or loss of ecosystem(s) of a given territory, whether by human agency or by other causes, to such an extent that peaceful enjoyment by the inhabitants of that territory has been or will be severely diminished'. The international law of Ecocide will:
Read more- Impose an international and trans-boundary duty of care on any person exercising a position of superior responsibility to prevent ecocide
- Prohibit any person exercising a position of superior responsibility from committing or aiding and abetting ecocide
- Ensure that any damage to ecosystems that does occur as a result of human caused ecocide is rectified through the process of restorative justice
- Impose an international and trans-boundary duty-of-care on governments, to provide emergency assistance to other territories at risk or adversely affected by 'naturally occurring' ecocide.
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