Youth for Ecocide Law
Léa Weimann, LL.M, currently serves as the Executive Director and Project Manager at the Cambridge Pro Bono Project, focusing on public interest and environmental law. Concurrently, Léa is a member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law and co-leads the Youth for Ecocide Law initiative, which advocates for the recognition of ecocide as an international crime. Léa's advocacy work has included roles such as Youth Ambassador for Stop Ecocide International and spokesperson for Youth 4 Ecocide Law at COP27. With experience in various organizations, including Change For Planet and St Andrews Climate Action, Léa has represented initiatives at multiple UN conferences. Léa holds a PhD candidacy in Law from the University of Cambridge and possesses advanced degrees in Global Environment and Climate Change Law from The University of Edinburgh, alongside a BA in Environmental Studies from the University of Cape Town.
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Youth for Ecocide Law
Youth for Ecocide Law (Y4EL) represents the youth constituency within an intergenerational, global movement to criminalize ecocide. Our ambitions are to empower youth voices in the environmental movement; to build bridges between civil society, young people, the UN policy process, corporate decision-making, and government policy; and to promote intergenerational respect. Our network discusses ecocide law, builds capacity, organizes grassroots mobilizations, plans events, and more! Young people need to lead the way in environmental movements, because it is our future that hangs in the balance at high-level environmental decision-making tables. Thus, we call upon all governments to support the implementation of an international ecocide law. Feel free to email us at youth@stopecocide.earth!
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