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Making Ecocide a Crime in Australia

Ecocide Laws Australia

AELA is hosting an Australian working group made up of lawyers, academic researchers and law students, who are working to draft ecocide laws for jurisdictions in Australia.

The working group presented webinars in October 2021 and September 2022, providing updates about their work. For the webinar recordings please visit AELA's events page.

Click here to read AELA’s blog posts explaining how Ecocide could be made a crime in Australia.

To find out more about Ecocide Laws Australia, please email: aela@earthlaws.org.au.