Vanuatu, Fiji, and Samoa proposed amendment to the Rome Statute to include a Crime of Ecocide
September 9, 2024, Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa formally submitted a proposed amendment to the Rome Statute to include a crime of “ecocide”.Read More →
Government
This page identifies ecological jurisprudence initiatives in which one or more of the initiators is a government entity at any level (e.g., municipal, provincial, state, national). This category only applies to government entities in the executive and legislative branches. Court-led initiatives are tracked through a different category.
Democratic Republic of Congo declaration of an international crime of ecocide
October 31, 2024, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) publicly declared its support for establishing ecocide as an international crime.Read More →
Colombia law on the rights of the Rancheria River
On August 8, 2024, the Congress of Colombia passed a law declaring the Rancheria River a subject of rights.Read More →
Brazil proposed constitutional amendment on the Rights of Nature
On June 4, 2024, a proposed amendment to the Brazilian Federal Constitution (PEC) was submitted to the National Congress to recognize the Rights of Nature.Read More →
Municipality of Linhares (Brazil) Law on the Rights of the Waves
In June 2024, the municipal council of Linhares in Brazil approved a bill that recognizes the waves at the mouth of the Doce River as entities with rights.Read More →
Municipality of Goiás (Brazil) law on the rights of the Vermelho River
On June 13, 2024, the Goiás City Council in Brazil unanimously approved a bill granting legal rights to the Vermelho River in Brazil.Read More →
North Carolina U.S. Rights of the Dan River Ecosystem Act
May 1, 2024, a bill was introduced in North Carolina’s state legislature to grant legal rights to the Dan River, including the right to be free from pollution.Read More →
Nijmegen, Netherlands Motion for the Rights of Nature
In April 2024, a 'Rights for Nature' motion was submitted to the Nijmegen city council in the Netherlands to recognize rights and legal personality for Nature.Read More →