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14 Loy. U. Chi. Int'l L. Rev. 175 (2016-2017)
Expanding Past Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, and War Crimes: Can an ICC Policy Paper Expand the Court's Mandate to Prosecuting Environmental Crimes

handle is hein.journals/intnlwrv14 and id is 193 raw text is: EXPANDING PAST GENOCIDE, CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, AND WAR CRIMES: CAN AN ICC POLICY PAPER EXPAND THE COURT'S MANDATE TO PROSECUTING ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES? Payal Patel* I. Introduction ................................................... 175 II. B ackground ................................................... 176 III. D iscussion .................................................... 180 IV . A nalysis ...................................................... 182 A. Environmental crimes are not given as much importance as other core crim es.......................................... 182 B. The ICC does not have the knowledge or resources to prosecute environmental crimes ....................... 184 C. The ICC's jurisdiction and sanctions are not well suited for environmental crimes .. ............................... 185 D. The Rome Statute does not well integrate environmental crimes into its scope ............................... 187 1. Genocide .................................... 189 2. Crimes Against Humanity ........................ 191 3. War Crimes.. ................................ 192 V . Proposal ...................................................... 193 V I. C onclusion .................................................... 197 Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal. -Edward 0. Wilson I. Introduction In September 2015, Michelle Campos, her father, and grandfather were exe- cuted during an attack that displaced 3,000 indigenous people in the resource-rich Mindanao region of the Philippines from their homes, in order to gain easy ac- cess to the region's coal, nickel, and gold reserves.' The Campos family was killed by paramilitaries who were protecting mining companies involved; the government did nothing to help.2 Environmental crimes and land grabbing like what the Campos family experienced have become an acceptable business prac- tice across the globe. Companies and governments are forcing their business * JD/MBA Candidate, Loyola University Chicago School of Law and Quinlan Graduate School of Business. I On Dangerous Ground, GLOBAL WrraNss (June 20, 2016), https://www.globalwitness.org/en/re- ports/dangerous-ground/. 2 Id. Volume 14, Issue 2 Loyola University Chicago International Law Review 175

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