END ECOCIDE IN EUROPEAn initiative to give the Earth rights

Volunteers presentation, February 2014

BEGINNINGS?•Rome statue (1950)- Rome statut, as a war crime

•Arthur Galston (1970)- Agent Orange inventor

•Vietnam (1990)- Country announces ecocide as a crime

•Rome statue draft (1993)- disapears from the draft

•Polly Higgins (UN, April 2010)- 5. crime againt humanity

• European Civil Initiative End Ecocide in Europe (2012-2013)

WHAT IS ECOCIDE?Ecocide is the extensive damage to, destruction

of or loss of ecosystem(s) of a given territory.

Ajka alumina, Hungary 2010 (source: COTO report)

WHAT IS OUR GOAL?•Ecocide is a crime•Legal and ordinary person can be responsible•Not only financial punishment but also deprivation of liberty

IN WHAT CASES?•European teritory (teriotorial waters included)

•European companies or•European citizens (working for non-european companies)

• Import od goods and services which cause ecocide outside EU

DIFFERENCE GLOBALLY vs. EU?•ERADICATING ECOCIDE – Unted Nations, Rome Statue•END ECOCIDE IN EUROPE– European legislation, national legislation (?)

WHY DO WE COLLECT SIGNATURES?

•Raising public awareness•European parliament•Active citizenship

TWO PROJECTS, ONE GOAL•End Ecocide in Europe initiative www.endecocide.eu

•International court of Environment and Healthwww.iecc-tpie.org

EVERY HAND HELPS•European group•Slovenian group•Local group•You

SLOVENIJA volunteers•Online activism (social networks)

•Paper collection•Interviews (radio, TV, web)

•Articles (blogs, printed papers, magazines..)

•Reporting of local ecocides (our website)

•Translations (web page, press releases...)

•Law (working group EU)

MY STRENGHTS/WEAKNESESS•Web•Field •Writting•Design•Ideas•Communication•IT support

POWER OF THE GROUP•Respect•Acceptance•Common goals•Communcation•Profesionality•Dedication•Responsibility

PROACTIVITY• Encouraging new ideas, approaches, “out of the box” thinking• Establishment of local groups• Opportunities at every step (fairs, markets, local events, picnics, meetings, debates)

ARE YOU IN?•Leave your email•Find us at FB: End Ecocide in Europe•Check our website: www.endecocide.eu

THANK YOU!