Jojo Mehta on establishing a law of ecocide and drastically changing the rules

Published: March 20, 2020, 12:33 p.m.

Jojo Mehta is the co-Founder of Ecological Defence Integrity and Stop Ecocide. She carries on the legacy left by Polly Higgins, a UK lawyer who fought for the recognition of ecocide as an international crime. With Jojo, we talked about how criminalising ecocide internationally can drastically change the rules and put an end to environmentally-destructive activities on the planet. For the references mentioned during this episode: http://gosimone.org/activism/episode-12-jojo-mehta-on-establishing-a-law-of-ecocide-and-drastically-changing-the-rules/