Sign for Proposed European Citizens’ Initiative:
End Ecocide in Europe: A Citizens’ Initiative to give the Earth Rights
(Online Collection System)
Subject matter:
We invite the European Commission to adopt legislation to prohibit, prevent and pre-empt Ecocide, the extensive damage, destruction to or loss of ecosystems.
Main objectives:
1. Criminalise Ecocide and ensure that natural and legal persons can be held responsible for committing Ecocide according to the principle of superior responsibility.
2. Prohibit and prevent any Ecocide on European territories or maritime territories falling under EU legislation, as well as acts outside the EU committed by EU registered legal persons or EU nationals.
3. Provide for a period of transition to facilitate a sustainable economy.
Sign for Proposed European Citizens’ Initiative
To support a European Citizens’ Initiative, you must be an EU citizen (national of an EU member state) and be old enough to vote in European Parliament elections (18 except Austria where the voting age is 16).
For more information on the rules and conditions for the European Citizens’ Initiative:
http://ec.europa.eu/citizens-initiative
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