Official virtual side event by state co-hosts: Republic of Vanuatu and the Independent State of Samoa

You are cordially invited to attend this official virtual side event by state co-hosts: Republic of Vanuatu and the Independent State of Samoa

in association with the Stop Ecocide Foundation, Institute for Environmental Security and The Hague Peace Projects.

Tuesday 7th December 2021

18.30pm CET (VIRTUAL)

20th ASP of the International Criminal Court
The Hague, 6th-11th Dec 2021

This is a hugely significant milestone: the presentation of the legal definition of ecocide as a 5th international crime, in the context of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, happening in The Hague next week.

And we’d love you to join us for it!

Zoom link will be shared prior to the event with those who register here:

Scroll down for the incredible line-up of speakers – we look forward to seeing you there.

Speakers from the Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide:

Professor Philippe Sands QC
UCL/Matrix Law
(UK/France, Co-chair)

Dior Fall Sow
UN jurist & former prosecutor
(Senegal, Co-chair)

Tuiloma Neroni Slade
Former ICC judge
(Samoa, Panelist)

Syeda Rizwana Hasan
Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (Bangladesh, Panelist)

Jojo Mehta
Chair, Stop Ecocide Foundation
(UK, Convenor)

With reflections from:

HRH Esmeralda of Belgium
Journalist, author & activist

HRH El Hassan bin Talal of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Humanitarian, & peace & interfaith advocate

Mindahi Bastida
Indigenous elder & spokesperson
(Mexico, Otomi-Toltec tradition)

Moderator:

Andrew Harding
BBC Africa correspondent