In a Growing Campaign to Criminalize Widespread Environmental Destruction, Legal Experts Define a New Global Crime: ‘Ecocide’

This article was published in partnership with NBC News. It is part of The Fifth Crime, a series on ecocide. A panel of 12 legal experts from around the world on Tuesday released a proposed definition for a new international crime called ecocide covering severe and widespread or long-term environmental damage that would be prosecuted.