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Vitaliy Kovalenko1, Yuliia Komarynska2, Mykhaylo Klymchuk*3, Oleksandr Pavluk4,
Tetiana Korshykova5
1Koretsky Institute of state and law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.
E-mail: kovalenko.v.v@gmail.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8283-9267
2Department of Forensic Science and Forensic Medicine of National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine.
E-mail: ubkomarincka@gmail.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1747-1816
3Department of Law of Private higher educational institute "European University", Kyiv, Ukraine.
E-mail: klymchuk_mykhaylo@i.ua | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0488-5470
4Department of Law and Law Enforcement of Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University, Zhytomyr, Ukraine.
E-mail: pavlukos2022@gmail.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4431-607X
5Department of Forensic Science and Forensic Medicine of National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine.
E-mail: romanenko_tetiana@ukr.net | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9840-5230
*Corresponding author
Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 7(2): 63-82. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.070203
Received: 09 April 2024
Reviewed: 16 April 2024
Provisionally Accepted: 29 April 2024
Revised: 12 June 2024
Finally Accepted: 15 June 2024
Published: 01 August 2024
This article examines international and national mechanisms for combating crime against the environment. Arguments are presented to add the crime of ecocide into the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, as well as to create a special international human rights tribunal that can potentially hear cases related to ecocide. A number of bodies, programs, international networks, and transnational non-governmental non-profit organizations should be promoted to directly or indirectly aim at combating crime against the environment. At the same time, the necessity of adopting a comprehensive approach to the international cooperation among these institutions and law enforcement agencies is warranted, given contemporary challenges and threats, in particular with Interpol, a robust institutional framework to combating environmental crime. The importance of establishing universal national and interstate mechanisms for the restoring and preserving ecosystems to combat environmental crimes effectively is underscored. These international regulations should be recognized through relevant resolutions of the UN General Assembly and other international documents. A conceptual inference drawn is the imperative for comprehensive national measures to combat ecocide, including the development of cohesive state policies, the establishment of an effective environmental monitoring system, and the documentation of incurred damages.
Ecosystem; Sustainability; Environmental crimes; Ecocide; Interpol; International law
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Kovalenko V., Komarynska Y., Klymchuk M., Pavluk O., Korshykova, T. International and National Mechanisms Combating Ecosystems’ Damage and Environmental Crimes to Foster Sustainable Development. Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 2024, 7 (2), 63-82. https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.070203
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Kovalenko, Vitaliy, Yuliia Komarynska, Mykhaylo Klymchuk, Oleksandr Pavluk and Tetiana Korshykova. 2024. “International and National Mechanisms Combating Ecosystems’ Damage and Environmental Crimes to Foster Sustainable Development”. Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 7 (2): 63-82. https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.070203
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