SUBJECTIVE SIGNS OF ECOCIDE AS A WAR CRIME

Author(s): Mironenko S.Yu.

Rubric: Relevant aspects of criminal law, criminal proceedings and criminalistics

DOI: 10.21777/2587-9472-2025-2-53-58

Release: 2025-2 (46)

Pages: 53-58

Keywords: ecocide, crime against humanity, war crime, subject, subjective side, the objective side, environmental safety

Annotation: The article is devoted to the study of the subject and the subjective side of ecocide as a war crime. In the vast majority of cases, ecocide is committed during armed conflicts. The main subjective feature of the crime of eco- cide is the intentional form of guilt. Intent can be direct or indirect. Considering certain doctrinal approaches to understanding ecocide, it can be defined as a crime against the safety of mankind, which is expressed in the deliberate infliction of extensive, long-term and serious damage to the natural environment, resulting in a threat to the ecological safety of mankind, violating international obligations to conduct military operations by ac- ceptable means and methods. Ecocide committed during an armed conflict can be defined as a war crime, which consists in the use of means and methods of warfare prohibited by international law, resulting in extensive, long- term and serious damage to the natural environment, creating a threat to the ecological security of mankind. The subject of ecocide can be either general or special. However, taking into account the situation of ecocide (armed conflict), the subject of this crime will be a special one – a serviceman or an official of the armed forces. In the text of the article, the Russian Federation is abbreviated as RF.

Bibliography: Mironenko S.Yu. SUBJECTIVE SIGNS OF ECOCIDE AS A WAR CRIME // Journal of Legal Sciences. – 2025. – № 2 (46). – С. 53-58. doi: 10.21777/2587-9472-2025-2-53-58