Ecocide included as a crime in the new Penal Code

In our newsletter of 17 November 2022 titled “Ecocide as a crime under international law in the new Penal Code: a new weapon against polluters?”, we already announced that the new Penal Code would include ‘ecocide’ as a new crime. Ecocide is included in Book II under a new ‘Title 2 Crime of Ecocide’. On 22 February 2024, the Parliament approved Book II of the new Penal Code.