relation: http://publicatio.bibl.u-szeged.hu/35078/
title: The Crime of Ecocide through Human Rights Approach : The “Universal” Right to a Healthy Environment as a Driving Force Calling for Ecocide Legislation
creator:  Sziebig Orsolya Johanna
subject: 05.05. Jogtudomány
description: The  environment  is  often  called  the  “silent  victim  of  war”  –  the  case  is  not  different in the Russo–Ukrainian armed conflict. Since  2014, nature − home to  35% of European biodiversity and varied natural habitats − has suffered a tremendous loss in Ukraine. The war has been responsible for the emission of  33 m tonnes of CO2, and postwar reconstruction is estimated to generate even  more.  Additional  environmental  concerns  include  extensive  pollution,  degradation  of  natural  habitats,  and  species  extinction.  Regarding  the  new  data, more than  2 thousand events can be considered ecocide. Ecocide is the destruction  of  the  natural  environment  by  deliberate  or  negligent  human  action.  Transboundary  environmental  harm  is  also  a  pressing  issue,  as  pollution “travels” by wind, air, and water to other countries.Ecocide  is  a  new  yet  old  concept  concerning  severe  environmental  destruction. In the last decade, a debate has emerged concerning legislation, definition  and  enforcement.  Instead  of  international  criminal  law,  many  believe that the solution will be the human rights approach.Meanwhile, the right to a healthy environment, initially not included in “traditional” human rights conventions, is getting more attention worldwide and  in  Europe.  Recently,  the  European  Economic  and  Social  Committee  adopted an own-initiative opinion on the right to a healthy environment in the  EU  in  the  context  of  the  war.  The  aim  is  to  criminalise  Russia’s  actions  under  European  law  and  ensure  environmental  protection  to  safeguard  fundamental  rights.  In  the  paper,  the  author  would  like  to  focus  on  the  parallel development of the right to a healthy environment and ecocide.
date: 2024
type: Folyóiratcikk
type: PeerReviewed
format: text
identifier: http://publicatio.bibl.u-szeged.hu/35078/1/05_sziebig_75-89_WEB-ActaHumana2024_2.pdf
identifier:     Sziebig Orsolya Johanna: The Crime of Ecocide through Human Rights Approach : The “Universal” Right to a Healthy Environment as a Driving Force Calling for Ecocide Legislation.   ACTA HUMANA: HUNGARIAN CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PUBLICATIONS, 12 (2).  pp. 75-89.  ISSN 0866-6628 (2024)     
identifier: doi:10.32566/ah.2024.2.5
relation: https://doi.org/10.32566/ah.2024.2.5
relation: 35076100
language: eng
relation: info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.32566/ah.2024.2.5
rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess