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International Criminal Court

How Climate Change Drives Conflict and War Crimes Around the Globe

Human rights advocates want the International Criminal Court to begin gathering evidence on the way climate-amplified extreme weather, heat, drought and flooding are driving armed conflict, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

By Katie Surma

 Sudanese security forces intervene in October 2021 as smoke billows from tyres set on fire by Sudanese students in the city of Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, demonstrating against the hikes in bread prices due to low wheat supply following the closure of Sudans' Red Sea port of Port Sudan. Credit: Abdelmonim Madibu/AFP via Getty Images.
Exterior View of new International Criminal Court building in The Hague on July 30, 2016 in The Hague in the Netherlands. Credit: Michel Porro/Getty Images

The International Criminal Court Turns 20 in Turbulent Times. Should ‘Ecocide’ Be Added to its List of Crimes?

By Katie Surma
People run for cover in front of a burning house during shelling in the city of Irpin, outside Kyiv, on March 4, 2022. Credit: Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images

Activists Deplore the Human Toll and Environmental Devastation from Russia’s Unprovoked War of Aggression in Ukraine

By Katie Surma
Human rights lawyer Philippe Sands speaks at AOL Studios In New York on Nov. 6, 2015 in New York City. Credit: John Lamparski/WireImage

The Essential Advocate, Philippe Sands Makes the Case for a New International Crime Called Ecocide

By Katie Surma
Arara indigenous children walk at the Arado tribal camp, in Arara indigenous land in Para state, Brazil on March 13, 2019. Credit: Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images

Are Bolsonaro’s Attacks on the Amazon and Indigenous Tribes International Crimes? A Third Court Plea Says They Are

By Katie Surma
Activists hold up a banner of Jair Bolsonaro as they gather in front of the Brazilian Embassy during a demonstration organized by Extinction Rebellion activists on Aug. 26, 2019 in Brussels, Belgium. Credit: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images

Indigenous Leaders and Human Rights Groups in Brazil Want Bolsonaro Prosecuted for Crimes Against Humanity

By Katie Surma

As the Climate Crisis Grows, a Movement Gathers to Make ‘Ecocide’ an International Crime Against the Environment

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Katie Surma, Yuliya Talmazan
A refugee from Democratic Republic of Congo, collects water for their vegetable crops at a water pan in Kalobeyei settlement for refugees in Turkana County, Kenya on October 2, 2019. Credit: Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images

Ecocide: Should Destruction of the Planet Be a Crime?

By David Sassoon
Farm workers cut a tree in the Cardamom Mountain rainforest in Cambodia in 2002. Credit: Peter Charlesworth/LightRocket via Getty Images

Lands Grabs and Other Destructive Environmental Practices in Cambodia Test the International Criminal Court

By Katie Surma

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