Green Crimes and International Criminal Law

This book analyses the present as a guide for future action. Throughout, the reader gets a sense of urgency; this is not just an academic exercise, aimed at enhancing the understanding of the student, but a call to action. The combination of scholarship and activism captures what academia is so often lacking; a commitment to make a change to an existing situation which is unsustainable. Taken together, these essays are a breath of fresh air, going back to some of the grounding principles of law as a universal principle guiding human societies and interactions.

The use of case studies which underpin the argumentation throughout, root the various approaches in pragmatism: what is being suggested is in no way unattainable, but already being trialled and put into practice. The clear geographical spread (even transcending the terrestrial) furthermore adds another layer of urgency to the overall message that climate change and the destruction of nature are a universal challenge, which manifest themselves at various levels and have a detrimental effect on both human societies and their surrounding ecosystems.

Bram Wanrooij

Author of 'Displaced: Europe and the global refugee crisis'