Conceptualizing Ecocide

Conceptualizing ecocide calls for an approach that cuts across academic disciplines. This project brings together researchers from across the university and stakeholders and organizations beyond the university, whose work touches on any aspect of the problem of ecocide and its legal, ecological, scientific, political, sociocultural, criminological, philosophical, and historical dimensions.

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Multiple countries have already criminalised ecocide; the Netherlands cannot stay behind
Opinion
15 April 2024
Illegal logging, serious pollution and other forms of large-scale destruction of nature belong in international criminal law and perpetrators should be prosecuted, Cedric Ryngaert and Daan van Uhm believe.

Daan van Uhm on ecocide: "We increasingly see discussion about the question: How can we protect the environment through criminal law?"
In the media
28 March 2024
Present at the signing of the Stop Ecocide NL Manifesto by the municipality of Utrecht on 6 March was Daan van Uhm (criminological and legal researcher on ecocide)

Signature Grants of €750,000 for groundbreaking, unique and bold projects at UU
News
28 November 2023
Utrecht University is funding five Signature Project Grants of €150,000 to five interdisciplinary project teams working on societal challenges for a greener, more sustainable future.
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Events
Dr. Susanne Knittel
29 April 2024 from 16:00 to 17:30
Please join us in rethinking the future of open and fair societies. We are excited to present Dr. Susanne Knittel as our next speaker for our Fair Transitions' seminar series, Rethinking the Margins. (An initiative of the IOS Fair Transitions platform)

Ecocide as Semiocide: The Demise of Nature and Its Impact on Meaning
2 May 2024 from 17:00 to 19:00
This seminar-lecture offers an innovative space for students interested in the intersection of justice, law, environmental humanities, sustainability, governance, transitions, and environmental philosophy.
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