Ecocide as a Crime + the Rights of Nature | Law and Nature Dialogue on 12 October 2023

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On 12 October 2023 at Macquarie University (Pitt St, Sydney), a panel of experts discussed the proposed crime of #ecocide from Australian and global perspectives.

The esteemed panel spoke to issues including reparative possibilities after ecocide, ecocide and Indigenous peoples, the rights of nature, and considered the prospects for ecocide laws in, and beyond, Australia.

The panellists were:

Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Senator for New South Wales and Deputy Leader, Australian Greens

Dr Rachel Killean, Senior Lecturer, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney

Dr Michelle Maloney, Co-Founder and National Convenor, Australian Earth Laws Alliance; Co-Founder, Stop Ecocide Australia (via Zoom)

Professor Anne Poelina, Chair, Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council; Co-Chair of Indigenous Studies, Nulungu Research Institute, University of Notre Dame

Chair: Justice Brian Preston, Chief Judge, Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

Convenor: Dr Daley Birkett, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie Law School

This Dialogue was organised by the Centre for Environmental Law (CEL) at Macquarie University.

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