IBA War Crimes Committee Conference 2026: Masters of war
18 Apr 2026
Session information
Description
Climate change is fuelling conflict, driving displacement, and increasingly being used as a weapon of war. Flora and fauna are caught in the crossfire of severe military actions leading to mass ecological harms that will echo for generations. Calls to recognise ecocide as the fifth international crime at the ICC are gaining traction, emphasising climate justice as firmly within the war crimes discourse.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Elsa Wyllie | Arendt Chambers Church Court Chambers, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Events Officer, War Crimes Committee |
Speakers
| Professor Pricila Cardoso de Aquino | Environmental Defender Law Center, Curitiba, Brazil |
| Ignacio Mujica | VGC Abogados, Santiago, Chile; Events Officer, Environment, Health and Safety Law Committee |
| Maksym Popov | Embassy of Ukraine in the Netherlands, The Hague, Netherlands |
| Charles-Edouard Renault | De Gaulle Fleurance, Paris, France |