4.2. Ecocide as a new concept in law
4.2.1. Shaping new legal norms
4.2.2. Terminology
4.2.3. Definitions by literature
4.2.4. Definitions by law
4.2.5. The evaluation of the legal definition of ecocide
Chapter 5. Ecocide as an environmental crime and the relevance of
international criminal law
5.1. Remarks on the terminology of international criminal offences
5.2. The definition of environmental crime
5.2.1. Ecocide and wildlife crime
5.3. The protection of the environment in times of armed conflict
5.3.1. International legal framework
5.3.2. Historical examples of environmental destruction
in times of war
5.4. The role of international judicial forums, with special regard
to the International Criminal Court
5.4.1. The “greening” practice of the International Criminal Court
Chapter 6. Ecocide and human rights with particular focus on
the applicability of the human rights approach to the ecocide concept
6.1. The state of the environment and the enjoyment of human
rights as inseparable elements in the light of ecocide
6.2. The third generation of human rights in the context of
environmental harm
6.2.1. The legal foundation of environmental rights
6.2.2. Right to water
6.2.3. Right to food
6.3. The applicability of the human rights approach
to the ecocide concept
6.4. Marginalised groups and ecocide
6.4.1. The definition and special needs of marginalised groups
6.4.2. Children’s rights and ecocide
Chapter 7. Ecocide and Indigenous communities
7.1. The definition of Indigenous people and communities
7.2. Ethnocide, terricide, ecocide and genocide
Chapter 8. Ecocide in the European sphere, with special regard
to the law of the European Union
8.1. Environmental degradation and the quest for sustainability
in the European sphere
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