The EU has become the first international body to criminalize wide-scale environmental damage, marking the end of impunity for environmental criminals.
For too long, rogue corporations have been getting away with ecological murder in pursuit of short-term financial gain. From illegally cutting down forests to poisoning seas and dumping chemical waste, their profiteering vandalism does irreparable damage to our precious planet. But the owners and executives of these firms sleep easy in the knowledge their actions will never result in anything more than a fine for their lawyers to argue over.
This could be about to change as a result of the rapidly growing international movement to make ecocide a crime which can see individuals punished with jail time. In November, the EU became the first international body to effectively criminalise wide-scale environmental damage and it has issued a directive for member states to make law over the next two years. French lawyer and MEP Marie Toussaint has said the policy shift “marks the end of impunity for environmental criminals”
EU International Body Criminalize Environmental Damage Ecocide Punishment Jail Time Policy Shift Marie Toussaint
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