Daniel Bertram
@dbertram_eu
About/Bio
Daniel Bertram is writing his PhD on the criminalization of ecocide at the European University Institute. He also regularly reports from multilateral environmental negotiations for the Earth Negotiations Bulletin.
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The First Ecocide Treaty?
June 4, 2025
Daniel Bertram
Culminating in Vanuatu’s long-anticipated proposal to amend Article 5 of the Rome Statute with a new international crime last September, the burgeoning ecocide conversation has recently reached new heights. Various jurisdictions, including Belgium and the European Union, have passed ecocide-inspired environmental criminal laws in past months. A freshly launched Ecocide Law Advisory,…
Should Ecocide be an International Crime? It’s Time for States to Decide
September 12, 2024
Daniel Bertram
It’s not like international criminal justice has had an easy summer. Now it has a new bone to chew on – and it’s a particularly meaty one. On Monday, 9 September 2024, Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa jointly submitted a proposal to amend the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to the UN Secretary-General…
Popular articles by Daniel Bertram
Should Ecocide be an International Crime? It’s Time for States to Decide
September 12, 2024
Daniel Bertram
It’s not like international criminal justice has had an easy summer. Now it has a new bone to chew on – and it’s a particularly meaty one. On Monday, 9 September 2024, Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa jointly submitted a proposal to amend the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to the UN Secretary-General…
The First Ecocide Treaty?
June 4, 2025
Daniel Bertram
Culminating in Vanuatu’s long-anticipated proposal to amend Article 5 of the Rome Statute with a new international crime last September, the burgeoning ecocide conversation has recently reached new heights. Various jurisdictions, including Belgium and the European Union, have passed ecocide-inspired environmental criminal laws in past months. A freshly launched Ecocide Law Advisory,…