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Land grabbing and environmental destruction could now be prosecuted under international law

2016-09-22 22:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: The International Criminal Court (ICC), housed at The Hague in the Netherlands, has mostly focused on human rights abuses and war crimes committed during armed conflicts throughout its 14-year history. But the court has now signaled that it will begin investigating crimes such as land grabbing, environmental destruction, and forced evictions that are often committed during peacetime in the pursuit of profit. In a detailed policy paper on case selection and prioritization released last week, ICC...

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