In 2016, Professor Philippe Sands QC published East West Street, which recounts the development of the concepts of genocide and crimes against humanity and their application in the Nuremberg Trials.

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Lawyer Polly Higgins is spearheading a campaign to have 'ecocide' recognised by the UN as an international crime against peace. But how will this work in practice? Ecocide has always been a moral ...

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A group of leading international law experts has defined a new super-crime. They're calling it "ecocide". They plan to submit a draft of their new law to the governing body of the International ...

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