Missing the Ecocide Train
Ecocide at the International Criminal Court would be a breakthrough for environmental law. Unfortunately, Indonesia has not ratified the Rome Statute.
Tempo
April 17, 2023
IMAGINE this scenario: forest fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra lead to thick smoke blanketing Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. The number of people suffering from serious respiratory infections soars. Children are told to stay home from school to avoid the smoke. When evidence links the smoke to the burning of forests by palm oil companies in Indonesia, the owners of the companies are pursued by hundreds of nations so they can be brought before the
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