During the annual Assembly of State Parties to the ICC, The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA Europe, was honored to co-host the official side event on this issue: “A Fifth Crime of Ecocide: Opening Considerations”, moderated by ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan. Recordings of this expert panel are available in English and French.

How do Indigenous legal traditions reshape international norms?

Sámi Parliament President Pirita Näkkäläjärvi and Kate Mackintosh (UCLA Law Promise Institute Europe) discuss FPIC, UN decisions affecting Sápmi, and the push to recognize ecocide as an international crime, moderated by Dalee Sambo Dorough.

A timely conversation on rights, responsibility, and truly equitable “green” transitions in the Arctic.