Ecocide: the Missing 5th Crime Against Peace
09 March 2013
Forum on Ecocide, Culture and Peace
In April 2010, Polly Higgins, international lawyer and award-winning author of Eradicating Ecocide, proposed to the UN Law Commission that a law of Ecocide stand alongside genocide as an International Crime Against Peace.
Since then, Polly's work has catalysed support and brought governments, faith leaders and business together. Polly shall be speaking about her journey and about who is speaking out as a voice for the earth. More information about the Ecocide initiative at www.endecocide.eu.
Speaker: Polly Higgins
Chair: Fiona Watt
Forum Panellists: Eleanor Harris; Osbert Lancaster, consultant, facilitator and educator for sustainability; Eurig Scandrett, an educator and activist.
Cost: £5/£3 on the door on the night.
Contact: Neill Walker, mesp2013@hotmail.co.uk or 0131 331 4469.
This event is part of the 2013 Middle East Festival of Spirituality and Peace.