On Thursday, February 6, 2025, the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, in collaboration with the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute and Stop Ecocide International, hosted a panel titled “Ecocide: Anatomy of a Criminal Law in the Making.”
A live and evolving topic in legal, academic, and policy arenas around the world, ecocide law has emerged as a cutting-edge legal initiative aimed at achieving planetary security. In this panel, legal, diplomatic, historical, and advocacy experts critically engaged with the when, how, and why of the drive toward recognition of ecocide as an international crime.
The panelists were Nicholas Robinson, Professor of Law, Pace University; Jojo Mehta, Co-founder & CEO, Stop Ecocide International; Anna Maddrick, Legal Advisor on Climate Matters, Permanent Mission of Vanuatu to the UN; and Steven Donziger, Human rights & environmental justice attorney. The discussion was moderated by Jackie Dugard, Senior Lecturer, Institute for the Study of Human Rights.
A recording of the event can be accessed
here.
