The evolution of sovereignty in the context of global governance and international law
University of Edinburgh, MA Social Policy and Economics, United Kingdom.
Research Article
International Journal of Science and Technology Research Archive, 2025, 08(02), 051-061.
Article DOI: 10.53771/ijstra.2025.8.2.0037
Publication history:
Received on 14 March 2025; revised on 22 April 2025; accepted on 25 April 2025
Abstract:
This research investigates various environmental crimes which include unlawful deforestation besides industrial pollution and newly accepted "ecocide" posing a substantial threat to global ecosystems as well as human populations throughout the world. Environmental crimes hurt two or more countries together with ecosystems but go undetected because international criminal law has inadequate attention to these transnational problems. The International Criminal Court under the Rome Statute assumes responsibility for prosecuting international crimes that include genocide alongside war crimes and crimes against humanity and the offense of aggression. Download the full text for sources on participating states and challenges faced by the Court. This research investigates how the International Criminal Court manages environmental offences while scrutinizing its authority constraints and possible future modifications. This study investigates how expanding the ICC's jurisdiction should include environmental crimes by designating ecocide as a core prosecutable offense. The study uses both legal research techniques and case studies to examine how existing ICC regulations fail to handle environmental crime charges and discover three major problems including corporate legal obligations, national sovereignty authority and proof collection difficulties. The study demonstrates the need to expand ICC jurisdiction to advance environmental crime prosecution by supporting more robust global environmental legal systems that promote accountability. The research continues to push forward international environmental justice debates while urging legal changes to establish more extensive environmental protection measures in international criminal law.
Keywords:
Environmental Crimes; International Criminal Court; Ecocide; Rome Statute; Legal Reforms; Global Accountability
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