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David Whyte, "Law's Quick Fix? Ecocide, Social Transformation & the Pitfalls of Criminalisation"

Event Type
Webinar
Sponsor
Center for Global Studies (CGS)
Virtual
wifi event
Date
Apr 24, 2024   12:00 pm  
Speaker
David Whyte
Contact
Timur Pollack-Lagushenko
E-Mail
tpollack@illinois.edu
Views
86
Originating Calendar
Center for Global Studies: Events

Calls to criminalise "ecocide" are, it seems, everywhere: from indigenous activists and those in the global periphery, to NGOs and political actors in the core. What unites these calls is both a sense of urgency and a need for international action. Yet this paper contends that ultimately the proposed crime of ecocide may be unable to tackle the social reality of ecocide and may indeed compromise further our ability to do so.

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