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Although environmental crimes have not yet reached prominence in development of international criminal law, should deliberate destruction of the environment in order to achieve strategic goals be a future focus for the ICC?
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Although environmental crimes have not yet reached prominence in development of international criminal law, should deliberate destruction of the environment in order to achieve strategic goals be a future focus for the ICC? In my research paper I wish to argue that environmental crimes should have the same precedence as crimes against humanity. In my research paper, the topics will be introduced and explained and then the use of an example to aid in the illustration of these ideas and issues. The example that I will be referring to is Iraq's Ecological Disaster by Saddam Hussein of the draining of the marshes beginning in 1992. The research materials that I will be using as primary sources are conventions, laws, treaties, the ICC, WTO, CITES and the United Nations. As secondary sources, I will be using books, websites, data bases and newspapers. The International Criminal Court (ICC) became established under the terms of the...
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