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Polly Higgins (1968–2019)

Auteur van Eradicating Ecocide: Exposing the Corporate and Political Practices Destroying the Planet and Proposing the Laws Needed to Eradicate Ecocide

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Polly Higgins, barrister and international environmental lawyer, proposed to the United Nations in April 2010 that Ecocide be classed as the 5th Crime Against Peace.

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Earth Is Our Business: Changing the Rules of the Game door Polly Higgins
Reading parts of this book give one a tremendous boost: it was written in 2010 and, things have moved on. There are, however, other parts which are tremendously disappointing, as they are a reminder of how much we knew then which is STILL not accepted by the governing powers.

The act of Ecocide must become a crime with the ICC.
 
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the.ken.petersen | Aug 29, 2021 |
Eradicating Ecocide: Exposing the Corporate and… door Polly Higgins
This book is so lacking in sensationalism: why can't EVERYONE see that an international law against ecocide (the wilful destruction of the environment for financial gain) is need - and quickly?

Polly Higgins makes her case in layman's term (she was a lawyer). The book totally lacks those sensational claims that can so easily discredit climate action books: you know the kind of thing, "If we don't all abandon transport, houses and food IMMEDIATELY, the world will explode next Tuesday." Polly builds a series of nods of agreement until, the reader has committed to her cause.

Polly, sadly, died in 2019 but others are taking up the challenge and this law will come into being. Let's just hope that it comes soon!… (meer)
 
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