The urgency of recognizing ecocide for the protection of human rights and greener future
Keywords:
Ecocide, Human rights, Environment, Greener futureAbstract
Large-scale environmental destruction that occurs systematically and continuously has had a serious impact on environmental sustainability and the fulfillment of human rights. Indonesia has several environmental cases that have a serious impact and continue to develop to this day. For example, the case of the Lapindo Mud, Forest and Land Fires, to flash floods and landslides that occurred in 3 provinces last November. Exploitative, structured, systematic, and massive actions against the environment are known as ecocide. Ecocide is an environmental crime that has become an international discourse to be designated as the most serious crime because of its impact that threatens environmental destruction. This research is normative legal research using conceptual, legislative, and case approaches. This research shows that ecocide have an impact on the non-fulfillment of human rights and environmental destruction on a large scale. The recommendation of this study is that there is an urgency to recognize ecocide in laws and regulations in Indonesia as a form of gross human rights violations to ensure human rights protection and a greener future.
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