One day Symposium
University of Lincoln, UK
Wednesday 15th of February 2017
 
 
This one-day symposium hosted by the Lincoln Centre for Environmental Law and Justice, University of Lincoln, UK (http://envlawlinc.net/, @envlawlinc) will explore transnational environmental crime, the possibility for investigation and prosecution under the Rome Statute, and other legal and administrative responses to environmental harm. It will reflect the nuanced interplay between individual, corporate and sometimes State interests in environmental harm and the commission of “environmental crime” – a term itself which requires further clarification and is open to contestation. Not all environmental harm, for instance, is appropriately criminalised or viewed as requiring criminal sanctions. Land-grabbing, for instance, is a highly emotive subject, but the contours of its illegality and its contribution to other illegal acts (eg. crimes against humanity) is far from clear.
Papers are encouraged on the general themes, as well as on particular environmental crimes (eg illegal logging, illegal fishing wildlife poaching, illegal shipments of hazardous waste). The symposium will actively consider prosecutorial strategy, international strategies for cooperation, the role of the Rome Statute in environmental crime, and the nature and status of victims in environmental crimes. As the Policy Paper on Case Selection itself suggests, not all serious crimes under national law will be, or can be, selected for OTP investigation and prosecution but nonetheless it is desirable that such criminal systems operate in a complementary manner “to combat impunity” (para 7).
To submit your paper for the event, e-mail a title and a 300 word abstract to Centre Co-
Director Prof. Matthew Hall at the University of Lincoln at mhall@lincoln.ac.uk
(@profmatthewhall)
The deadline of the call for papers is: 18th November 2016

CALL FOR PAPERS
FURTHER INFORMATION