The literal meaning of Ecocide is “killing one’s home”. According to the legal definition, it means, “unlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and either widespread or long-term damage to the environment being caused by those acts”. Ecocide, which is currently advancing in the long process to become international criminal law, is on track to become the fifth among crimes deemed so heinous that it will join War Crimes, Genocide, Crimes against Humanity and Acts of Aggression in being tried at the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is, in turn, recognised as the “court of last resort” by 123 countries. In the words of Richard J Rogers, Partner, Global Diligence; Executive Director, Climate Counsel (UK), “Ecocide is a criminal law for the 21st Century. If humanity is to reach the 22nd Century.”