International court makes bold move toward addressing a type of crime affecting communities worldwide: 'This is a huge and deeply valuable step'

International court makes bold move toward addressing a type of crime affecting communities worldwide: 'This is a huge and deeply valuable step'

The campaign to recognize ecocide as the fifth core international crime took a step forward recently.  According to The Brussels Times, the office of the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague released a policy paper called the "Policy on Addressing Environmental Damage Through the Rome Statute."  The policy paper addressed how destroying or degrading the environment directly affects humans by causing incidents such as displ…