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Mexico Ecocide Bill

Mexico
National
Submitted in 2023
Statutory law
Eco-Governance System
the environment
All Nature
Representative Karina Marlen Barrón Perales (PRI)
Government

Summary

On July 30, 2023, a new bill was submitted to the Mexican Parliament to add an article to Mexico’s Federal Penal Code to criminalize ecocide. The bill considers ecocide “any unlawful or wanton act committed with the knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and either widespread or long-term damage to the environment” – drawing from the legal definition of ecocide formulated by experts convened by the Stop Ecocide Foundation in 2021. If passed, the bill would impose a sentence of 10 to 15 years in prison and a fine of 1,000 to 1,500 pesos per day for anyone who commits ecocide. The bill has been passed to the Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Committees for consultation.

Mexico joins the EU, Brazil, the Netherlands, Scotland, Spain (Catalunya), and Belgium in having ecocide bills at various stages of proposal.

Additional Resources

To see other supplementary information related to this initiative, click the links below:

[Press release] Mexico Parliament
[Press release] Stop Ecocide International

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