1 Amendments of David LEGA related to 2021/2181(INI)
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Highlights the linterdependenckage between human rights, a healthy environment and combating climate change, and welcomes the UN’s call for global recognition of the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment; underlines the vital role played by environmental human rights defenders and local and indigenous populations in preserving such an environment, despite the threats of violence that they often face from those responsible for, and profiting from, environmentally harmful practices; eEncourages the EU and the Member States to promote the recognition of ecocide as an international crime under the Rome Statute of the ICC, and requests that the Commission study the relevance of ecocide to EU law and EU diplomacytake bold initiatives to fight the impunity of environmental crimes at the global level;