Stop Ecocide: Recent weeks have seen ecocide law reach the UN Security Council, the Vatican, and the climate COP’s opening ceremony

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Recent weeks have seen ecocide law reach the UN Security Council, the Vatican, and the climate COP’s opening ceremony. Thanks to your commitment and support, international law is now evolving to meet the crisis it should have prevented.

This week, the International Criminal Court’s annual Assembly convenes, and we are there on the ground in The Hague, working with allies and an expanding circle of state champions driving the ecocide law conversation forward.

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GLOBAL ADVOCACY: LATEST

From diplomats at COP30 to international lawyers in Toronto, from ministers across Latin America to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, your support allows our amazing team to communicate with, and connect across continents, key people to advance ecocide law.

BREAKING NEWS SUMMARY

Thu, Nov 6

Ecocide law was raised three times during the UN Security Council’s session on environmental impact of armed conflict and climate-driven security risks, demonstrating growing diplomatic attention to establishing mass environmental destruction as an international crime.

Thu, Oct 30

The 2025 Global Youth Statement representing thousands of young people from over 100 countries has called for the adoption of ecocide laws to hold corporations and states accountable for environmental destruction, while explicitly recognising that “wars, genocides and conflicts cause environmental degradation, exacerbate climate change through unchecked, boundless emissions.”

Tue, Sep 30

Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has publicly confirmed government support for establishing ecocide as the fifth core crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, responding to questions from Green Party Member of the Riksdag Rebecka Le Moine during an open EU Committee meeting.