ECO-CRIM-NET: Network for the Investigation and Prosecution of Crimes Against Ecosystems

Description:  

Both in peacetime and during armed conflict, environmental crimes have a hugely destructive impact on the environment. The establishment of criminal responsibility for these kinds of crimes presents significant challenges for national and international law enforcement agencies, largely due to the high complexity of these crimes, their connection with networks of transnational organised crime, and the new challenges to establish causalities and chains of evidence by new forms of forensics. 

The aim of this conference is to bring together scholars and practitioners from different disciplines to gain new knowledge about the design and modus operandi of crimes against the environment and on how these crimes can be addressed by legal means with the support of new technologies. 

The event is open for everyone to attend. 

Programme:  

09:00 – Welcome 

Magne Frostad 

09:10 – Introduction to ECO-CRIM-NET 

Nandor Knust / Christina Voigt / Kevin J. Heller 

Part 1. Environment & International Criminal Law 

09:30 – Ecocide 

Christina Voigt 

10:00 – Environmental Crimes and the ICC 

Kevin J. Heller 

10:20 – Discussion  

Gaiane Nuridzhanian / Jo Stigen / Gurgen Petrossian  

11:00 – Coffee break 

Part 2. Pachamama: Nature as a Legal Subject 

11:30 – Pachamama: Law and Anthropology Perspective 

Dirk Hanschel 

11:45 – Pachamama: Comparative Law Perspective  

Sören Koch 

12:00 – Pachamama: Criminological Perspective  

David Rodriguez Goyes 

12:15 – Discussion  

Margherita Poto / Mana Tugend / Gilbert Ajebe Akame 

13:00 – Lunch Break and coffee 

Part 3. Deep Sea Mining: Case Study  

14:00 – Deep Sea Mining: Legal Perspective 

Maria Madalena das Neves 

14:20 – Deep Sea Mining: Natural Science Perspective 

Guiliana Panieri  

14:40 – Deep Sea Mining: Digital “Law-Enforcement-Science-Interface" 

Nandor Knust / Michael Alexander Riegler / Nabil Ahmed  

15:00 – Discussion  

Eva van der Marel / Fabian Henrik Keske / Hennie Van Vuuren 

16:00 – Coffee break 

16:30 – Final Discussion 

Nandor Knust / Christina Voigt / Kevin J. Heller