Open AccessEnvironmental Terrorism: Not Yet an International Crime
Author(s) -
Gregory Rose
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
environmental policy and law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.178
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1878-5395
pISSN - 0378-777X
DOI - 10.3233/epl-219023
Subject(s) - treaty , terrorism , politics , natural (archaeology) , political science , law , criminology , law and economics , sociology , geography , archaeology
The ease with which severe harms can be deliberately inflicted upon the natural environment to coerce political behaviour pose real and current threats to both nature and to social stability. There is a serious lack of international law to criminalise environmental terrorism. This lacuna could be remedied in part by the formulation and adoption of a new treaty to define and criminalise acts of terror against the natural environment. The outline of such a treaty is described in this article.