IUCN WCEL Advances Proposal to Incorporate Environmental Destruction as a Crime Against Humanity in Forthcoming Negotiations on a Dedicated Convention

May 14, 2024 | International Union for Conservation of Nature
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Responding to the calls of multiple States, the IUCN WCEL has proposed that the crime of environmental destruction, when perpetrated as a means to damage, destroy, or injure any civilian population, be included in an eventual Convention on Crimes Against Humanity.