Supported by: Bob Doris*, Annabelle Ewing*, Bill Kidd*, Siobhian Brown*, Miles Briggs*, Evelyn Tweed*, Jackie Dunbar*, Tess White*, Emma Harper*, Christine Grahame*, David Torrance*, Collette Stevenson*, Stephanie Callaghan* *S6M-00483 Monica Lennon: Publication of Draft International Ecocide Law Honours the Memory of Scottish Barrister, Polly Higgins—That the Parliament welcomes the work of the Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide, which was co-chaired by Professor Philippe Sands QC, of University College London and the UN jurist and former prosecutor, Dior Fall Sow; understands that the expert drafting panel of 12 highly-renowned international criminal and environmental lawyers has defined ecocide as "unlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and widespread or long-term damage to the environment being caused by those acts" with the aim of it being adopted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to sit alongside genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression as a fifth international crime; understands that support for an ecocide law is gaining momentum around the world, with recorded interest from France, Finland, Spain, Luxembourg, the Maldives and, in principle, support by the European Parliament; further believes that Belgium is the first European nation to have raised criminalising ecocide at the ICC and that Pope Francis, President Emmanuel Macron, Greta Thunberg and Dr Jane Goodall are among the high-profile supporters; welcomes what it sees as the emergence of broad international consensus for the recognition of ecocide as a crime as an important step toward holding corporate and government decision-makers accountable...