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Pacific islands submit court proposal for recognition of ecocide as a crime

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Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa have proposed a formal recognition by the court of the crime of ecocide.

The proposal was tabled before the ICC in New York on Monday afternoon .

It could take as long as a decade from now before anyone is charged with ecocide even if the changes were implemented by the ICC .