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in Browser While the state negotiations may have provided lukewarm
results, the “other COP” going on in parallel in Glasgow was telling a
different story of hope and inclusion, and Stop Ecocide w
While
the state negotiations may have provided lukewarm
results, the “other COP” going on in parallel in Glasgow
was telling a different story of hope and inclusion, and
Stop Ecocide was a big part of that.
Hosting
no less than 8 independent collaborative events with
incredible speakers as well as contributing to the Peoples’ Summit, the GLOBE
Legislators’ Summit and more, our amazing team
worked flat out to ensure that criminalising ecocide was
a key thread running through many, many panels,
conversations, marches and declarations, both inside and
outside the conference itself.
Scroll
down & click through to our round-up (with links to watch events)
and remarkable list of recent breaking news to see for
yourself. |
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Mon,
Nov 01
The
world’s first Global Citizens’ Assembly votes
that ecocide should be “firmly enforced
alongside existing environmental protection
laws.”
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Mon,
Nov 08
Belgium’s
parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee has
passes resolution: “calling on the Belgian
government to include the crime of ecocide in
the Rome Statute of the International Criminal
Court,
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Tue,
Nov 09
Speaking
from Glasgow during the COP26 climate talks,
Senator Raúl Paz Alonzo has asked the Mexican
Government to recognise ecocide as the fifth
Crime against World Peace and
Security.
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Wed,
Nov 10
Shadow
Justice Minister David Lammy MP publicly
announces the commitment of the Labour Party to
support discussions around an international
crime of ecocide during COP26
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Mon,
Nov 22
Jennifer
Whitmore TD asks a parliamentary question: will
the Irish government support the recognition of
ecocide as an international crime?
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