Germany must transpose the EU Environmental Crime Directive into national law by 21 May, 2026. The Environmental Crime Directive primarily aims to expand and intensify corporate liability. Companies ...

On May 9, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order No. 14294, “Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations” (EO), which reinforces the administration’s deregulatory agenda. While sweeping ...

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FILE - This Wednesday, May 5, 2010 file picture shows a plume of oil as a shrimp boat uses booms to collect oil in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, La. following the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

The international criminal law rulebook needs upgrading, write a former Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the ...

“Environmental protection and the rule of law must walk hand in hand.” This is the spirit, as I described, captured by the newly agreed Cape Town Declaration on Crimes that Affect the Environment, ...

South Africa Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment. Two rhinoceros at the Shamwari Private Game Reserve on Nov. 3, 2022 in South Africa's Eastern Cape province. Two rhinoceros at the ...