Stop Ecocide Belgium

Stop Ecocide Belgium is campaigning to establish a law of #Ecocide, making large-scale & systematic destruction of nature an international crime.
#StopEcocide

[Eve Bazaiba @Evebazaiba]

Deux victoires obtenues par la #RDC à la 20ème session de la conférence ministérielle africaine sur l’environnement(#CMAE):
1. La RDC assurera la vice présidence du bureau pour la région Afrique centrale;
2. L’adoption de la proposition sur la criminalisation de l’ECOCIDE.

[Eve Bazaiba @Evebazaiba]

À la 20ème session de la conférence ministérielle africaine sur l’environnement (#CMAE)à Nairobi,nous avons porté et fais acté au nom de la #RDC la résolution portant reconnaissance et classification de la destruction massive des écosystèmes environnementaux comme crime d’ÉCOCIDE

[Stop Ecocide Belgium @StopEcocideBe]

Dear supporters,

We have some great news to share! 🎉

Stop Ecocide Belgium is moving towards a language-based communication model! 

Follow us through your preferred language @EcocideLaw

Looking forward to meet you there!

[Stop Ecocide Belgium @StopEcocideBe]

Another big endorsement for #ecocidelaw! 📷World Council of Churches, @Oikoumene, representing 580m Christians, called for an international crime of #ecocide as part of urgent biodiversity/ climate action ahead of #COP16 and #COP29.STORY: https://t.co/6kl96mSSFO

[Stop Ecocide Belgium @StopEcocideBe]

"Without a robust system of legal accountability, ocean conservation will always be centred on cleanup rather than prevention."Read the full blog piece by Antoinette Vermilye, Co-Founder of the Gallifrey Foundation (@Gallifrey001) 📷 HERE: https://t.co/yxX00SZDCg

[Stop Ecocide Belgium @StopEcocideBe]

An #ecocide bill has just been introduced in #Italy's parliament!📷📷The bill was submitted by Italy's Green & Left Alliance (@Verdi_SI_Europa) on 1 July.📷Read the full details, including the proposed bill's next legislative steps, HERE: https://t.co/3m4Hg3wdxy

[Stop Ecocide Belgium @StopEcocideBe]

Breaking news from Finland! 📷 📷 The country's largest ruling party, @kokoomus, has supported the recognition of #ECOCIDE as an international crime!Get the full story HERE: https://t.co/zngaGSyVgO #StopEcocide

[Stop Ecocide Belgium @StopEcocideBe]

🚨 Belgium: Support for ICC & Ecocide 🌍
We salute Belgium's support for the ICC & ensuring its officials work without intimidation and for pushing the international recognition of eccide int he Rome Statute. https://t.co/dl7I2vhrBr🌱
#StopEcocide #ICC

[Belgium UN New York @BelgiumUN]

93 States Parties have joined the following statement in support of the International Criminal Court, initiated by a cross-regional core group of 5 countries (🇧🇪🇨🇱🇯🇴🇸🇳🇸🇮) ⬇️

[Stop Ecocide Belgium @StopEcocideBe]

📷#Vanuatu’s Ambassador @odo_tevi briefs Small Island States on #ecocidelaw at the #Bonn Climate Conference.#Ecocide is a #climatechange issue. HELP make the destruction of forest/ocean ecosystems - carbon sinks - an international crime: https://t.co/UZT45u9ASZ

[Stop Ecocide Belgium @StopEcocideBe]

‘It was at #Brussels city hall. Princess Esmeralda (@esmeraldadereth) presented a preview of “Amazonia, Heart of Mother Earth”, the film she directed + produced with Gert-Peter Bruch, founder of @PlaneteAmazone.'Full @ParisMatchBe article: https://t.co/DAq18pgURV

[Stop Ecocide Belgium @StopEcocideBe]

An #ecocide bill has been introduced in #Peru’s parliament!Congressman Américo Gonza’s bill would amend the country’s penal code to criminalise ‘severe, widespread and long-term damage to the environment’.Read more here: https://t.co/SuOriNSYCu

[Stop Ecocide Belgium @StopEcocideBe]

In a speech given at @UCLAPromiseEur conference, #UN #HumanRights High Commissioner #VolkerTürk reaffirmed his support for bringing #ecocide within jurisdiction of @IntlCrimCourt!More info: https://t.co/wLn0SzKMZx

[Stop Ecocide Belgium @StopEcocideBe]

In new report - ‘Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict’ - #UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres highlights effectiveness of domestic #ecocidelaw + need for new international crime of #ecocide!More info a link to full report: https://t.co/jA9AaWoU9J

[Stop Ecocide Belgium @StopEcocideBe]

#Belgium recently adopted of a new penal code, which included the crime of #ecocide!In run-up to June elections, political parties, responding to survey hosted by a coalition of Belgian env' orgs, showed broad support for #EcocideLaw.https://t.co/GTiBTvieUg

[Guillaume KALONJI 🇨🇩🌍 @Guillaume0905Kl]

The problem with Ecocide is that if it isn't stopped, it stops human life.

Nature eventually takes its revenge.

Let's give nature its rights.

I wanted to say, together let's put an end to Ecocide actions.
#StopEcocide

[Stop Ecocide Belgium @StopEcocideBe]

@PatriciaWillocq “Perpetrators of #ecocide can be brought to justice wherever it occurs."- Maksym Popov, Advisor to the Prosecutor General of #Ukraine + Ambassador Odo Tevi, Permanent Representative of the Republic of #Vanuatu.@euronewsgreen coverage: https://t.co/qw2x2rEbtx

[Stop Ecocide Belgium @StopEcocideBe]

📷SUCCESS!!!📷The #EU’s revised environmental crime directive, which includes provision to criminalise cases ‘comparable to #ecocide’, was voted through by the European Council TODAY!A huge moment for the global movement for #EcocideLaw!https://t.co/ZGvucHXMRK

[Stop Ecocide Belgium @StopEcocideBe]

Celebrate the role of 📷 in our lives this International #ForestDay! Join the Forests for #EcocideLaw Network!More about network + our incredible partners, inc' @friendship_ngo, @MjpeRdc, @ecosia + Chief Ninawa: https://t.co/jGjg0q0wPO #InternationalDayofForests

[Stop Ecocide Belgium @StopEcocideBe]

This #InternationalWomensDay let's celebrate Debbie Buyaki and Léa Weimann, the incredible Co-leads of @EcocideLawYouth, who are working to halt severe environmental damage by securing a new international crime of #ecocide at the ICC.
Join: https://t.co/SH075SiFvA #IWD

[Stop Ecocide Belgium @StopEcocideBe]

🎉AMAZING NEWS!!!🎉

Belgium has voted in a new penal code which includes recognition of the crime of #ecocide!

Full story: https://t.co/vgb86DemPn

Congrats @SamuelCogolati @StopEcocideBe @greenpeace_be @canopea_be @Rise4ClimateBE + many others!

#StopEcocide