NEW CONCEPTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND POSSIBLE JURISDICTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES

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THE ARTICLE AIMS TO DEVELOP AN ANALYSIS ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT JURISDICTION TO
ACT ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. CONSIDERING THE OBSERVANCE AND
PREVALENCE OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, AS WELL AS THE PRINCIPLE OF SOVEREIGNTY, CONSTITUTIONAL
FOUNDATION OF THE BRAZILIAN STATE. THE DISCUSSION ON THE SUBJECT AIMS TO ANALYZE, DEFINE AND
CHARACTERIZE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY, AS WELL AS ESTABLISH MEASURES THAT EXPAND
INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTION TO ACT IN ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES. REGARDING METHODOLOGY, THE INITIAL
PROPOSAL CONSISTS OF USING THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH TECHNIQUE IN RELATION TO THE THEME (BOOKS,
ARTICLES, THESES AND DISSERTATIONS), AND PERTINENT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATION, WITH THE
PURPOSE OF IDENTIFYING THE DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS OF THE AUTHORS ON THE SUBJECT. THE RESEARCH
APPROACH IS HYPOTHETICAL-DEDUCTIVE. WE SEEK TO VERIFY THE POSSIBLE ACTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL
CRIMINAL COURT IN CASES OF ENVIRONMENTAL TRAGEDIES, CONSIDERED AS ECOCIDE IN BRAZIL, AND TO
PRESENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. WITH THE PURPOSE OF RAISING SPECIFIC DATA ON MAJOR
TRAGEDIES, UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEMS CAUSED TO THE POPULATIONS AND TO THE ENVIRONMENT, AND
FINALLY, VERIFYING THE POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN CASES OF
ECOCIDE IN BRAZIL.