Council of Europe Assembly Adopts Resolution to Codify Ecocide

Jan 26, 2023 | Stop Ecocide International
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This week in Strasbourg the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) voted overwhelmingly to adopt resolution 2477 and recommendation 2246, both calling for recognition of ecocide, based on a recently issued report from its Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development on the Environmental impact of armed conflicts.  Submitted by rapporteur John Howell (UK, European Conservatives), the report sets out that “multifaceted, severe, long-lasting and mostly irreversible” environmental damages caused in armed conflicts affect “not only ecosystems but also human health beyond the conflict area and long after the conflict is over. The human rights to life and to a healthy environment are thus undermined.”