CRIMINAL-LEGAL AND CRIMINOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ECOCIDE

The article is devoted to the study of the problems of criminal law and criminological features of ecocide under the criminal law of the Russian Federation. Foreign and international experience of legal regulation of criminal liability for ecocide is used. The historical path and the current state of legal regulation of responsibility for ecocide are investigated. Topical issues of designing elements of the ecocide crime have been studied, shortcomings and gaps in the legal regulation of the object and the objective side of the crime have been identified, the subject and the subjective side of the crime have also been critically examined. The subject of the crime and the ways of its commission are considered in detail. The necessity of qualifying signs of this corpus delicti is considered. The sanctions of this corpus delicti under the legislation of some countries have been studied, and amendments to the current version of the rule of law have been reasonably proposed.

The results of the scientific research were concrete proposals aimed at improving the criminal law, as well as expanding scientific knowledge on the subject under study. The author's version of Article 358 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation «Ecocide» is proposed. Definitions of «mass destruction» and «ecological catastrophe» have been developed. The conclusions about the need to unify these concepts in the criminal legislation of different countries, as well as in international law, are substantiated. The author also touched upon the criminological characteristics of ecocide. The author also invites all those who are interested in this topic to a scientific discussion on the studied problems.

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