Panel 3: Ecocide & environmental justice in national and regional legal frameworks
Moderator:
Maite Mompó - Director of Stop Ecocide in Spanish language; degree in Law and
specialized in ecological ethics, sustainability and environmental education; activist
in human rights, peace and environment
Presentations:
- “An ‘Ecocide Wave’ of National Legislation: Feasible, Fast, Effective”, Darryl
Robinson - Professor of Law, Queens University, Canada
- “Perspectives from national legislation in Brazil”, Paulo Busse - Lead lawyer at
Climate Counsel; expert at Ecocide Advice Centre; Co-Head of the Environmental
and Climate Crisis Practice Group at Global Diligence Alliance
- “Belgium and the criminalisation of ecocide: a pioneering country for global
environmental justice”, Patricia Willocq - Founder and Director at Stop Ecocide
Belgium and coordinator of Stop Ecocide in French language; award winning
photographer exhibited by OHCHR, UNESCO and UNICEF
- “Environmental crimes in Spanish law”, Jaime Doreste - Associate professor of
environmental law at the UAM; environmental lawyer for Ecologistas en Acción,
Greenpeace, SEO/BirdLife, and neighbourhood associations, among others
- “The EU’s Environmental Crime Directive”, Roxane Chaplain - Lawyer specialised
in environmental law working at the European Parliament as part of MEP Marie
Toussant team