Send a message about ecocide to your elected representative<\/b><\/p>\n
You can use the draft text below in an email to your elected representative.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In some countries you may need to provide your full name and address at the end of the email,\u00a0 as the elected representative may only be able to act on your behalf if you live in the area designated as their responsibility.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Dear (<\/b>ADD Your elected representative name<\/b>) ,<\/b><\/p>\n I am contacting you as part of the global movement calling for an international crime of ecocide. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n We are campaigning for the introduction of the crime of ecocide at the international level through the amendment of the Rome Statute, the document of the international criminal court.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Ecocide is defined as mass damage to or destruction of ecosystems. It is currently an international crime during wartime but not in peacetime.<\/span><\/p>\n Criminalizing ecocide at the international level will create a structural change within international law that will define substantial harm to the environment as morally wrong; criminal, and therefore activities defined as ecocidal, will not be able to seek legitimate finance or insurance. This law will prevent significant harm to global ecosystems, the current impact of which is risking the stability of all human life.<\/span><\/p>\n Ecocide Law can be introduced internationally through an amendment to the Rome Statute. Any state that is a signatory to the Rome Statute can propose an amendment to the statute or support a proposed amendment to include Ecocide Law. Alongside, the existing crimes – crime of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression, ecocide would become the fifth crime, prosecutable before the International Criminal Court.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I am asking you for your support for this important campaign.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n There are a number of ways to get involved.<\/b><\/p>\n Elected Parliamentarians can join the global Ecocide Alliance of Parliamentarians and join a growing number of officials from around the world who support this law <\/span>https:\/\/www.ecocidealliance.org<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Promote and sign the international petition Stop Ecocide (<\/span>www.stopecocide.earth<\/span><\/a>)\u00a0 and find out about the international drafting panel working on a definition at the request of the Swedish government.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n