
The dam has burst: making ecocide a crime
Russia’s war on Ukraine creates momentum for a breakthrough in adopting ecocide as an international crime.
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Joanna Hosa is a policy fellow with the Wider Europe programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations. She has held a range of positions at the European Commission, the European Union Institute for Security Studies, the Open Society European Policy Institute, the European Peacebuilding Liaison Office and the International Federation on Human Rights.

Russia’s war on Ukraine creates momentum for a breakthrough in adopting ecocide as an international crime.

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