Ecocide: Australian and Global Perspectives | Law and Nature Dialogue

In the second CEL Law and Nature Dialogue of 2023, a panel of experts will discuss the proposed crime of ecocide from Australian and global perspectives.

The panel will speak to issues including reparative possibilities after ecocide, ecocide and Indigenous peoples, and the rights of nature, and will consider the prospects for ecocide laws in, and beyond, Australia.

Our panellists will be:

Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Senator for New South Wales and Deputy Leader, Australian Greens

Dr Rachel Killean, Senior Lecturer, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney

Dr Michelle Maloney, Co-Founder and National Convenor, Australian Earth Laws Alliance (via Zoom)

Professor Anne Poelina, Chair, Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council; Co-Chair of Indigenous Studies, Nulungu Research Institute, University of Notre Dame (via Zoom)

Chair: Justice Brian Preston, Chief Judge, Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

Convenor: Dr Daley Birkett, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie Law School