Richard Perez, Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon Under Jair Bolsonaro’s Reign: A Growing Ecological Disaster and How It May Be Reduced, University of Miami Inter-American Law Review, Vol. 52(2), pp. 194-235 (May 2021)
In this article, Perez discusses the environmental law of Brazil, President Bolsonaro’s anti-environmental agenda, and its corresponding environmental impact in the Amazon. Perez recommends that the ICC be used as a path to prosecute President Bolsonaro for crimes against humanity and/or genocide due to effect of his policies on the environment and indigenous peoples’ rights. Furthermore, Perez argues that ecocide should be recognized as a crime against humanity and incorporated into the Rome Statute to save the Amazon