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Eradicating Ecocide: Meet Polly Higgins, Earth's Lawyer, and Learn about the Campaign to Make Ecocide a Crime
February 18, 2012
Polly Higgins, Earth's Lawyer, will be speaking at 4:00 pm followed by potluck dinner at 6:00 pm. The event is free. Donations are welcome.
She has asked to meet faith, environmental, youth and political leaders, those with legal background, and the general public, to discuss how to make Earth law at the Earth Summit, Rio+20. From there, she will travel to Vancouver as part of her North American tour.
Higgins defines Ecocide as “the extensive damage, destruction to or loss of ecosystems of a given territory, whether by human agency or by other causes, to such an extent that peaceful enjoyment by the inhabitants of that territory has been severely diminished."
Next June, Heads of State gathering in Rio for Earth Summit 2012 will be asked to endorse Ecocide, the environmental equivalent of genocide, as the 5th International Crime Against Peace alongside Genocide itself, Crimes Against Humanity, Crimes of Aggression and War Crimes.
The aim of making Ecocide a crime is a way to achieve climate justice—ultimately to prevent environmental destruction happening in the first place. It is a feasible amendment to international law that could catapult global society into a sustainable future.
Time: start at 4:00 pm
Venue: Friends' House
Location: 60 Lowther Ave. Toronto, ON
Website: http://tinyurl.com/7u4qbjb
For information contact: Lyn Adamson
Phone: 416-731-6605
Categories: Environment
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