Summary
An expert drafting panel was launched in 2020 by the Stop Ecocide Foundation in order to draft a proposal for a fifth crime under the Rome Statute of the International Crime Court. The proposal gives a legal definition of ecocide. It defines ecocide as “unlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and widespread or long-term damage to the environment being caused by those acts.” The Rome Statute has not adopted the proposed amendment.