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Ecocide: Criminalising Serious Harm Against the Environment

Ecocide: Criminalising Serious Harm Against the Environment

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Series: International Criminal Justice, Book 38

General Law

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ISBN10: 9462657149
ISBN13: 9789462657144
Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press
Published: Apr 14 2026
Pages: 278
Weight: 1.24
Height: 0.86 Width: 6.48 Depth: 9.32
Language: English
This book explores the concept of ecocide and critically assesses how the criminalisation of serious harm against the environment fits within international criminal law broadly construed. To this end, the book's chapters address four key questions: what constitutes ecocide, how can it be prosecuted, where should it be prosecuted, and who are its perpetrators and victims? In addition to more practice-focused chapters, including case studies on the Netherlands and Ukraine, the publication analyses and challenges fundamental conceptual issues, including the binary opposition between 'anthropocentrism' and 'ecocentrism' in the ecocide discourse. The reader is confronted with and forced to reflect on intriguing questions such as: is it fair to only prosecute representatives of large business corporations and state officials, while letting consumers of polluting products off the hook? And does the legal framework of the International Criminal Court (ICC) allow for the recognition of nonhumans, such as the environment, as victims of ecocide?

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