Mass Deforestation as a Crime Against Humanity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9931337 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pauline Martini (0000-0001-5019-5086, Queen Mary University of London, corresponding author), Joe Holt (Barnardo's), Maud Sarliève (Évolution, Génomes, Comportement, Écologie) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1013-1046 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International and Comparative Law Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-5893 • E-ISSN: 1471-6895 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020589323000404 |
| OpenAlex | W4387978243 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article examines whether mass deforestation could be prosecuted as a crime against humanity under Article 7 of the Rome Statute. It does so in respect of the situation in the Brazilian Legal Amazon in 2019–2021, where the unbridled exploitation and destruction of the rainforest had a disastrous impact at local, regional and global levels. The article covers three main aspects. First, it explores the existing limits of international criminal law for prosecuting mass deforestation as a crime against humanity, and the contours within which criminalization would be possible. Secondly, it discusses the challenges inherent in the anthropocentric nature of the chapeau requirement of Article 7 for the criminalization of mass deforestation under that provision. Thirdly, it analyses the extent to which mass deforestation could qualify as persecution and/or an ‘other inhumane act’ under Articles 7(1)(h) and (k) of the Rome Statute
Criminalization · Criminology · Deforestation (computer science · Geography · Humanity · Persecution · Political science · Sociology · Statute · Environmental law and policy · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |