Protecting the planet: a proposal for a law of ecocide

Higgins, Polly; Short, Damien; South, Nigel

doi:10.1007/s10611-013-9413-6

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“…Along similar lines, Monbiot (2015) asks whether '[i]n an age of ecocide, food banks and financial collapse, do we need more protection from predatory corporate practices or less?' (see, for example, Higgins et al 2013). Trade agreements, as proposed in TTIP and TTP, will accelerate not only growth but also, as Monbiot (2015) puts it, the 'reckless, unjustified destruction of our rights'.…”

Section: Criminology and Climate Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Free Trade Agreements, Private Courts and Environmental Exploitation: Disconnected Policies, Denials and Moral Disengagement

South

2016

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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Although there is strong scientific consensus that climate change and environmental degradation are occurring, there is also a significant body of opinion that is sceptical about, or denies the validity of, evidence for this. However it is not solely the nature of differing views about global warming or ecological disaster that is being contested but the case for or against intervention and regulation in the market. At an international level, gestures toward 'sustainability' are (i) compromised by combining them with declarations of the need for continued economic growth, and (ii) undermined by the arrangements put in place by existing and new transnational trade agreements. The paper examines these views and developments, and the patterns of denial, disconnection and fragmentation they display.

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Section: Criminology and Climate Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Free Trade Agreements, Private Courts and Environmental Exploitation: Disconnected Policies, Denials and Moral Disengagement

South

2016

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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“…C'est-à-dire la mesure dans laquelle nous avons déjà dépassé ou presque les capacités de notre planète à nous supporter, à partir du moment où neuf « caps ont été atteints par des dommages (ces caps se référant aux changements climatiques, à la perte de la biodiversité, aux cycles biogéochimiques, à l'acidification des océans, à la consommation de l'eau, à l'utilisation des terres, à la destruction de la couche d'ozone, à la pollution particulaire de l'atmosphère et à la pollution chimique) » (The Economist, 2012). La contribution humaine à l'égard de ces dommages imminents ne se réalise pas seulement à l'échelle d'évènements majeurs comme l'accident de la plateforme Deepwater Horizon de BP ou des pollutions et destructions liées à la guerre, elle réside aussi dans notre comportement quotidien à tous, en tant que consommateurs impliqués dans le lent écocide de la planète (Agnew, 2011(Agnew, , 2013Higgins, Short et South, 2013 ;South, 2010).…”

Section: Les éCocides Et Les Remèdesunclassified

“…Lorsque ceci s'avère être le résultat de l'intervention humaine, il est tenu pour acquis qu'un crime a été commis. La notion d'écocide en tant que crime a d'ailleurs été largement esquissée à l'échelle internationale pendant plusieurs années (au moins depuis les années 1960) (Higgins, Short et South, 2013). Par exemple, des efforts sérieux ont été investis pour tenter de l'inclure parmi les crimes relevant de l'établissement de la Cour pénale internationale, bien que le document final ne fasse allusion qu'aux dommages à l'environnement naturel en temps de guerre.…”

Section: L'écocideunclassified

L’émergence et l’avenir de la criminologie environnementale1

South

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2016

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Cet article propose une introduction générale à la criminologie environnementale et à l’étude du crime environnemental. Il examine l’émergence de cette approche, les concepts clés, les questions empiriques et les enjeux susceptibles d’être abordés dans les futurs travaux dans ce domaine. L’article s’intéresse entre autres à l’écojustice (relative à des types spécifiques de victimisation environnementale) et à l’écocide (liée à la criminalisation du dommage environnemental). Les transgressions touchant les humains, les écosystèmes et les espèces non humaines offrent un cadre général de discussion des types spécifiques de crimes et de dommages, de la pêche illégale à la pollution contribuant au réchauffement climatique. Une analyse rétrospective et un tour d’horizon permettent de tracer les grandes lignes conceptuelles, passées et présentes, de la criminologie environnementale.

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“…There are several historical cases describing societal collapse brought on by man-made ecological destruction. 42 Recent studies take a broader view on crimes and harms affecting the environment, human and non-human life and the whole planet, 43 including industrial pollution and illegal disposal of toxic waste, the impact of military operations on landscapes, water supply, air quality, living organisms and, more generally, the exploitation of both the earth's resources and degradation of the environment; these last two elements in particular might have genocidal consequences, such as large famines or mass refugee movements. Rwanda is frequently mentioned as an example showing a link between environmental change and genocide.…”

Section: Possible Linkages Between Natural Resources Environmental Cmentioning

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Violent climate or climate of violence? Concepts and relations with focus on Kenya and Sudan

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2014

The International Journal of Human Rights

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Addressing deficits of current research on the link between climate change and violent conflict, this article aims to contribute to a more systematic understanding of the violence concept in the context of environmental change. We present a theoretical framework and potential pathways between climate change and violence and an agent-based approach to assess the interplay between capabilities and motivations for violence and the conditions for conflicting or cooperative interactions. Acting as a ‘threat multiplier’, climate change could exceed adaptive capacities and undermine the livelihoods of communities. In the most affected regions, the erosion of social order and state failure as well as already ongoing violent conflicts could be aggravated, leading to a spiral of violence that further dissolves societal structures. Against this background we analyse case studies in Kenya and Sudan, focusing on factors driving or preventing a spiral of violence. While interpastoral conflicts in north-western Kenya result in limited numbers of casualties, the Darfur conflict has been shaped by the civil war in Sudan, involving the government, rebel forces and militias, causing significant loss of lives and destruction. The impact of climate change is less direct in Sudan than in Kenya. To avoid a spiral of violence, in both cases it is essential to reduce socio-economical marginalisation, develop resource-sharing mechanisms and restrain access to arms as part of long-term strategies for a sustainable and peaceful intervention to contain the adverse impacts of climate change

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Protecting the planet: a proposal for a law of ecocide

Cited by 194 publications

References 6 publications

Free Trade Agreements, Private Courts and Environmental Exploitation: Disconnected Policies, Denials and Moral Disengagement

Free Trade Agreements, Private Courts and Environmental Exploitation: Disconnected Policies, Denials and Moral Disengagement

L’émergence et l’avenir de la criminologie environnementale1

Violent climate or climate of violence? Concepts and relations with focus on Kenya and Sudan

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