Support the criminalization of ecocide!

August 16, 2022By Erica Wilson

Calling all Canadian organizations, companies and NGOs: Join us in asking the Canadian government to publicly declare its support for an international crime of Ecocide

Mass damage and destruction of ecosystems – Ecocide – committed for decades with impunity, has led to the current climate crisis, the collapse of biodiversity and the increase in serious environmental harms. This is putting our future and that of millions of other living beings at risk because it is affecting the very life-support systems of the Earth. The near future of the planet will depend on the decisions we make and the actions we take today.

Existing treaties, agreements and civil lawsuits have not been able to stop this destruction. Clearly, we must change the rules. The time has come to introduce a new crime at the international level to ensure the lasting protection of all life on Earth: ECOCIDE.

HOW YOU HELP?
SIGN THE PETITION CAN

Publicly declare your support for the recognition of Ecocide as an international crime, joining those countries ready to amend the Rome Statute to include it as the fifth Crime Against Peace, alongside Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes and the Crime of Aggression, providing a simple, effective deterrent for those in positions of responsibility, enforceable within existing criminal justice systems.

SHOW YOUR SUPPORT BY SIGNING THE INTERNATIONAL PETITION FOR THE CRIMINALIZATION OF ECOCIDE
IF YOU REPRESENT AN ORGANIZATION, ASSOCIATION, OR COMPANY SIGN THIS PETITION
IF YOU ARE A CANADIAN YOUTH SIGN THIS PETITION

Declare your support for making ecocide an international crime by sharing the petition on social media, so that it reaches more organizations and companies and together we can get the Canadian government to listen to us and declare their support for the creation of the crime of Ecocide!

You can download the open letter to share it with your friends, other organizations, companies and on your social media. Don't forget to use the tag @StopEcocideCan and use the hashtag #StopEcocideOpenLetter to reach more people.