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IBA War Crimes Committee Conference 2026: Masters of war

18 Apr 2026

Session information

Climate: collateral and catalyst

Saturday 18 April (1615 - 1730)

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 Sage Wyllie	Arendt 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

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