Emma Bertipaglia

About/Bio

Emma Bertipaglia is a MAS Candidate in Transitional Justice, Human Rights and Rule of Law at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. She holds a Master's in Development Practice from Trinity College Dublin and a bachelor’s in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from LUISS Guido Carli. She has worked as a consultant at the UNFCCC, where her work focused on non-Party stakeholder engagement and sectoral climate initiatives.

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Genocide Modelling as Ladder and Ceiling: Ecocide and the Limits of the Rome Statute

When Arthur Galston coined the term 'ecocide' in 1970, the choice to model it on 'genocide' was deliberate; the etymological echo was designed to generate political leverage and signal the gravity of environmental destruction caused by the US’ Operation Ranch Hand in Vietnam. The same analogy that gave ecocide its political traction has also constrained…

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