scholarly journals Challenges ahead of codification of environmental crime indices as an international crime

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 3719-3734 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Jambozorg ◽  
M. Pournouri ◽  
S. A. Poorhashemi ◽  
D. Hermidasbavand
Keyword(s):  
International Crime ◽  
Environmental Crime

The Draft Convention Ecocide and the Role for Corporate Remediation. Some Insights from the International Monsanto Tribunal and a Recent Research Proposal

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Marco Colacurci
Keyword(s):  
International Crime ◽  
Multinational Enterprise ◽  
Environmental Crime ◽  
Research Proposal ◽  
Advisory Opinion ◽  
International Level ◽  
Pragmatic Approach ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Draft Convention ◽  
Corporate Liability

Abstract The debate on introducing the international crime of ecocide and corporate liability at the international level has been intense during the last fifty years. A recent research project elaborated two draft conventions on the supranational crime of ecocide and transnational crimes (eco-crimes), both acknowledging corporate liability. Also in recent years, the International Monsanto Tribunal – an opinion tribunal – found the Monsanto multinational enterprise responsible for ecocide: although not binding, its advisory opinion tackles most of the critical issues arising from corporate environmental crime. After a review of the case, the article analyses the Draft Convention Ecocide, focusing on the main features of this crime and the corporate liability system provided. Albeit some aspects could be subject to critics, the project has several strengths, particularly for its pragmatic approach to corporate remediation, and also aimed at fostering the dialogue between the national States through the approval of a specific convention.

Ways of Counteraction to Cybercrime

2020 ◽  
pp. 84-93
Author(s):  
O. A. Chabukiani ◽  
E. A. Zorina ◽  
V. V. Solodovnik
Keyword(s):  
International Crime ◽  
Legal Framework

The article discusses ways to counter cybercrime. Attention is drawn to the fact that at present in Russia there is no sufficient legal framework that regulates all digital relations that are the object of one of the most dangerous types of international crime - cybercrime, thus countering it is possible only with joint studies of scientists of various sciences.

Unearthing Under-Governed Territory

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Stoett
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Environmental Crime ◽  
International Environmental Law ◽  
Mitigating Factor ◽  
Environmental Crimes

This chapter looks at whether and how international organizations and criminal law can help us deal effectively with transnational environmental crimes and, more broadly, with environmental insecurity and injustice. It explores the question of whether the climate change justice agenda can benefit from the expanded pursuit of transnational environmental crime. The chapter asks whether international environmental law, refurbished, act as a mitigating factor in climate change. It concludes that while current international legal instruments can help spur additional action, by themselves, they will prove inadequate. Consequently, one idea proposed is a new international environmental court to deter all forms of ecocide.

COMBATING TRANSNATIONAL CRIME IN AFRICA: PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES

2006 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN HATCHARD
Keyword(s):  
Transnational Crime ◽  
Environmental Crime ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Will ◽  
The Third ◽  
Major Threat ◽  
Proceeds Of Crime ◽  
Made In

Transnational crime is a major problem for African states with corruption, trafficking of persons, drugs trafficking, environmental crime and the like posing a major threat to development and stability. This article examines three challenges that states must tackle in order to combat transnational crime effectively. The first is how to deal with criminals who operate outside the jurisdiction. The second concerns the investigation of crimes with a transnational element. The third challenge involves tracing and then recovering the proceeds of crime that have been moved out of the country where the crime occurred. Here the need for Western states to cooperate with those in Africa is highlighted. Drawing on examples from Lesotho and Nigeria in particular, it is argued that some progress is being made in meeting these challenges. However, the article notes that developing the political will to tackle transnational crime is fundamental to any lasting improvement.

Crime Control Measures, Individual Liberties, and Crime Rates

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay Albanese
Keyword(s):  
Crime Control ◽  
International Crime ◽  
Civil Liberties ◽  
Crime Rates ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Crime Victimization ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Government Interventions ◽  
Available Information

The balance between crime control methods and individual liberties is always problematic, creating tension, because in order to investigate crime, and adjudicate and punish offenders, it is necessary to make reasonable intrusions into the liberty of citizens. This study uses data from 40 countries to examine the crime control measures (police per capita and conviction rates) that reflect government investments in criminal justice apparatus to control crime and criminals, as well as the use of these crime control measures through government intervention in the lives of its citizens (formal citizen contacts with police, prosecution rate, and detention rate), to examine their impact on crime victimization rates (homicide rates and crimes included in the international crime victim survey). The purpose is to examine whether these government interventions have any impact on crime rates across countries, controlling other independent variables that might help to explain any observed relationships among these variables (such as measures of civil liberties, democracy, human development, available information and communications technologies, political rights, corruption perceptions, education, economic freedom, freedom of the press, and prosperity).

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