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International Criminal Court And Environmental Destruction
The ICC has twenty years adjusted its focus such that it could also open the door to prosecutions over Environmental Destruction.
Our country is, to coin a well-known phrase, "leading the world" in overflowing water-treatment plants and ceaselessly dumping industry-pollutants i.a. from the river Tee.
Another such case is the high percentage of CO2 emissions caused by deforestation as a result of illegal land-grabbing in Brazil.
Should the ICC be informed?
Our country is, to coin a well-known phrase, "leading the world" in overflowing water-treatment plants and ceaselessly dumping industry-pollutants i.a. from the river Tee.
Another such case is the high percentage of CO2 emissions caused by deforestation as a result of illegal land-grabbing in Brazil.
Should the ICC be informed?
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But, how does one initiate such a procedure?
Incidentally, locals' claims that crustacean deaths were due to pollutants were rebuffed by DEFRA: it was a "complex" issue, but algae was to blame. However, a study by several universities commissioned by the fishing industry said pyridine, which could have been released by dredging, was more likely.
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Incidentally, locals' claims that crustacean deaths were due to pollutants were rebuffed by DEFRA: it was a "complex" issue, but algae was to blame. However, a study by several universities commissioned by the fishing industry said pyridine, which could have been released by dredging, was more likely.
**Watch this space**
34. Can the Prosecutor decide on his own initiative to open an investigation?
Yes, if the Office of the Prosecutor receives reliable information about crimes involving nationals of a State Party or of a State which has accepted the jurisdiction of the ICC, or about crimes committed in the territory of such a State, and concludes that there is a reasonable basis to proceed with an investigation. Such information
can be provided by individuals, intergovernmental or non-governmental organisations, or any other reliable sources. The Prosecution must, however, obtain permission from the Pre-Trial Chamber judges before initiating an investigation under such circumstances.
Yes, if the Office of the Prosecutor receives reliable information about crimes involving nationals of a State Party or of a State which has accepted the jurisdiction of the ICC, or about crimes committed in the territory of such a State, and concludes that there is a reasonable basis to proceed with an investigation. Such information
can be provided by individuals, intergovernmental or non-governmental organisations, or any other reliable sources. The Prosecution must, however, obtain permission from the Pre-Trial Chamber judges before initiating an investigation under such circumstances.
Precisely, Davebro! Being the Prosecutor is an onerous task! Despite almost daily reports in the media of –only-- our species destroying our environment, one wonders whether anybody has brought forward any such crime to the ICC. Bolsonaro, actively facilitating the disappearance of the Amazon, would be an ideal candidate.
That is the nub of the matter. Nobody "wants to be", from keenie greenies to the profit-making industry. No matter how effective the former are in ‘saving’ Planet Earth, the remaining thousand-million are in the majority. Whether we will be responsible for the early end of this Anthropocene Epoch seems, in current light, highly probable. In the meantime, Mr and Mrs Homo sapiens are busy building rockets for their thousand light-year journey to another ‘green’ planet . . .
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