Matthew GillettProsecuting Environmental Harm before the International Criminal Court
Matthew Gillett is a senior lecturer at the University of Essex. He worked in the international courts and institutions for over a decade, investigating and prosecuting war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and other human rights violations. His expertise encompasses atrocity crimes, terrorism, criminal procedure, and environmental law. He has received several awards for his writing, including the inaugural Benjamin Ferencz Essay Prize.
1. Using the International Criminal Court to address grave environmental
harm; 2. Environmental harm as a crime under the Rome statute; 3.
Fact-finding, procedure, and evidence at the International Criminal Court
concerning environmental harm; 4. Victim participation and reparations for
environmental harm at the International Criminal Court; 5. Three case
studies of environmental harm; 6. Overall conclusions and options for
redress.