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Ecocide Law Advisory Launch
12 February @ 16:00 - 18:00
Join us for the launch of Ecocide Law Advisory, as well as the presentation of the Manual on the National Criminalisation of Ecocide.
- Ecocide Law Advisory is a partnership between The UCLA Law Promise Institute Europe This link opens in a new tab and Climate Counsel This link opens in a new tab to provide expert legal advice and training on the drafting and implementation of ecocide laws
- The Manual on the National Criminalisation of Ecocide offers solutions to issues raised by the 2024 EU Environmental Crimes Directive to support effective criminalisation of serious environmental harm within the EU Initiated by former Dutch MP Lammert van Raan, the Manual is the product of an international working group which met during the autumn of 2024. The Manual on the National Criminalisation of Ecocide is a project of Ecocide Law Advisory and De Roos Advocaten.
The programme runs from 16.00-18.00 CET, followed by a reception, and is jointly hosted and organised with The UCLA Law Promise Institute Europe This link opens in a new tab.
Capacity is limited, so please make sure to register.
Agenda
15.45: Tea, Coffee & Welcome
16.00: Keynote
Marie Toussaint, vice-president of the Greens/European Free Alliance Group, member of the European Parliament (MEP)
- Speakers | Ecocide Law Advisory
- Kate Mackintosh, executive director of the UCLA Law Promise Institute Europe, former deputy chair of the Independent Expert Panel for the legal definition of ecocide.
- Richard J Rogers, executive director of Climate Counsel and former deputy chair of the Independent Expert Panel for the legal definition of ecocide.
- Speakers | Manual on the National Criminalisation of Ecocide
- Fausto Pocar, professor at the University of Milan, former president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and former member of the UNCHR and Institut de Droit International.
- Lammert van Raan, former member of the Dutch House of Representatives for the Party for the Animals (Partij voor de Dieren).
- Ingeborg Koopmans, public prosecutor of environmental crime at the Functional Department of the Dutch Prosecutor’s Office.
Q&A
18.00: Reception