Publish at October 23 2024 Updated October 23 2024
Are we witnessing "ecocide"? The term, meaning the deliberate killing of the environment, is making its way into European legislation. For the moment, France hasn't really followed suit, but this could happen in the next few years. The idea behind incorporating "ecocide" into criminal law is to recognize the culpability of those who voluntarily pollute.
However, this raises important legal questions: how do you define that a company is polluting more? How can we prove that it deliberately pollutes with the sole aim of destroying the environment? After all, most of them could drape themselves behind the idea of economic growth, which is in no way criminal, at least in the eyes of legislators.
So there are still plenty of grey areas when it comes to the application of ecocide. Moreover, most of the countries that have adopted it have never yet condemned any company or person. Which just goes to show how difficult this type of law can be.
Nevertheless, the openness of parliaments, including the European one, to this definition could lead to a new approach to ecological struggles. However, it will be necessary to better define and explain what ecocide means.
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