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Trafigura — the dumping of ultra—hazardous waste in peoples�* communities in cote d'ivoire 15 or so years ago. obviously, there are going to be issues with climate change. the difficulty and the challenge — and i accept that challenge — is where you draw the line? am i an �*ecocider�* because i drive a car that's only partially electric? or because i'm involved as a lawyer doing cases on oil and gas exploitation? i absolutely accept that. but what i would say to you, stephen, is go back to that 1945 moment, you know, when... hang on. no, no, no. we've discussed that and we decide...

City of ayon, after just two cases of omicron were reported and earlier we did see lockdowns in two other cities, and all of this together affects 20 million people. china has stepped up its 0 tolerance policy ahead of the winter olympics, which are set to begin on february 4th. china today gave no real answer on the possibility of a postponement. >> i think this is the last choice should we want to see. what we try our best to avoid and that is our goal of prevention and control measures. >> meanwhile, china is also treating cases of hemorrahgic fever often caused by hantavirus, by rodents, h...

I don't think that's the case. in 1996, the international court ofjustice in the hague, for the first time, said the protection of the environment is part of international law. so the next stage is to ask oneself the question if we're going to use the law at the international level to stop people mass killing, should we use international law — criminal law — to stop people from causing massive damage to the human — to the environment? so, who's in your notional crosshairs? is it the chinese, building their coal—fired power stations? is it the president of brazil who continues to allow ...

Then three invented at nuremberg — crime of aggression, waging illegal war, genocide, crimes against humanity. they all focus on the protection of the human. there's a gap and we're facing that gap right now in the face of climate change, the face of biodiversity, marine pollution. there's a gap in relation to the protection of the environment — it is not protected by the criminal law. and the proposalfor a new crime of ecocide — which, incidentally, is notjust supported by me, but by the pope, secretary—general of the united nations, various countries around the world — and i think ...

Are likely to remain "the guiltiest in this? "well, start with the permanent members "of the un security council." again, it's about being realistic, not wasting your time. i think being realistic is using the power of the criminal law, including at the international level, to protect things we care about — to protect human beings and to protect the environment. exactly the same exact argument as the one you just recited to me were raised by reasonable people against raphael lemkin in 1945. they said it was a nonsense. prosecutors said, "go away. leave us in peace. "don't bother us with your...