History of Ecocide Law
1948 Genocide Convention
1951 First Draft of ICC
1954 Cold war, Vietnam War
1973 Submission of Ecocide Convention to UN
1981 Renewed version of Draft Code of Offences…. etc….
1991 ILC Draft Code of Crimes Against Peace and Security of Mankind – 12 crimes
1995 ILC reduced by 6 crimes
1996 ILC reduces by 2 crimes
1998 120 states adopted Statute in Rome
2002 1st July entry into force of the Rome Statute
2010 Polly’s submission of the definition of Ecocide to the ILC
2016 ICC OTP Paper on Case Selection and Prioritisation