Stop Ecocide International (SEI) was co-founded in 2017 by pioneering barrister Polly Higgins (1968-2019) and current CEO Jojo Mehta.
SEI is the driving force at the heart of the growing global movement to make ecocide an international crime. Our core work is supporting diplomatic progress and fostering global cross-sector support for this.
We collaborate with diplomats, politicians, lawyers, corporate leaders, NGOs, indigenous and faith groups, influencers, academic experts, grassroots campaigns and individuals to this end.
Positioned at the meeting point of legal developments, political traction and public narrative, we are uniquely placed to track, support and amplify the global conversation.
Our core international team is located in many parts of the world and managed from the UK by Stop Ecocide International Ltd.
Our charitable entity the Stop Ecocide Foundation is the main fundraising and commissioning vehicle for our work. The Foundation was the commissioning body for the Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide. It has ANBi status.
STOP ECOCIDE INTERNATIONAL (SEI)
Debbie Buyaki
Co-Lead, Youth for Ecocide Law
Judy Foster
Head of Operations and International Outreach
Robin Gairdner
Head of Digital
James Gondi
Africa Director
Rodrigo Lledó
Americas Director
Anna Maddrick
Legal Analyst
Jojo Mehta
Co-founder
& CEO
Sue Miller
Head of Global Networks
Maite Mompó
Spanish Language Director, Stop Ecocidio
Rob Monaghan
Head of Communications
Françoise Monkhouse
Executive Assistant and Events
Coordinator
Oliver Müller
Finance Manager
Lucy Rees
National Campaigns Co-ordinator
Andy Squiff
Senior Designer
Valeria Vassallo
Digital Media
Léa Weimann
Co-Lead, Youth for Ecocide Law
Patrica Willocq
French Language Coordinator
NATIONAL BRANCHES & CLOSE ASSOCIATE GROUPS
See the International Teams and Associates page for contact information.
AFGHANISTAN
Abdulhadi Achakzai
Founder EPTDO
AOTEAROA / NEW ZEALAND Brigid Inder
Co-lead Stop Ecocide Aotearoa / New Zealand
AOTEAROA / NEW ZEALAND Lyndon De Vantier
Co-lead Stop Ecocide Aotearoa / New Zealand
ARGENTINA
Miguel Ángel Asturias
Director AIDPAC, Abogado asesor Argentina Sin Ecocidio
ARGENTINA
Romina Hakl
Argentina Sin Ecocidio
AUSTRALIA Michelle Maloney
Co-lead Stop Ecocide Australia
AUSTRALIA
Rob White
Lead Stop Ecocide Australia
AUSTRIA
Helena Zaide
Co-Founder Österreich gegen Ökozid
AUSTRIA
Jennifer Laourou
Co-Founder Österreich gegen Ökozid
BANGLADESH
Kazi Amdadul Hoque
Senior Director Strategic Planning, Friendship
BELGIUM
Patrica Willocq
Founder & coordinator, Stop Ecocide Belgique
CANADA
Dona Grace-Campbell
National Director and co-founder, Stop Ecocide Canada. Podcast for the Planet series executive producer, writer and director
COLOMBIA
Luisa Fernanda Fierro Hernández
Colombia Sin Ecocidio
COLOMBIA
Isis Álvarez Ortiz
Colombia Sin Ecocidio
CROATIA
Dina Drajiga
Coordinator
CYPRUS
Paraskevi Christodoulou
Founder, Stop Ecocide Cyprus
DENMARK
Peter Morrison
Co-lead, Stop Ecocide Denmark
DENMARK
Lars Olesen
Co-lead, Stop Ecocide Denmark
DENMARK
Bart Bes
Stop Ecocide Denmark
DRC
Ella Elesse
Founder, Stop Ecocide DRC
FINLAND
Raila Knuuttila
Co-Founder, Ecocide Law Finland
GERMANY
Wolf Hingst
Branch Lead, Stop Ecocide Deutschland
GHANA
Prince Yeboah Okyere
End Ecocide Ghana
GHANA
Nana Yaw Osei-Dwarka
End Ecocide Ghana
ICELAND
Helga Hvanndal
Co-founder Stöðvum vistmorð
ITALY
Dani Spizzichino
Founder and co-lead, Stop Ecocidio Italia
ITALY
Anna Maddrick
Co-lead, Stop Ecocidio Italia
ITALY
Matthew Burnett-Stuart
Co-lead, Stop Ecocidio Italia
LATVIA
Jānis Matulis
Latvian Green Movement
LIBERIA
Dr Justin Akankali
Founder End Ecocide Liberia
MALAWI
Aubrey Chidziwisano
Kuthetsa Kuononga Chilengedwe Malawi
MAURITIUS
Neha Sewsingh
Campaign Lead, End Ecocide Mauritius
MEXICO
Verónica Sacta
México Sin Ecocidio
NETHERLANDS
Babs Verhoeve
Chair, Legal counsel & Advocacy officer
NIGERIA
Gaius Okwezuzu
Co-Director, End Ecocide Nigeria
NIGERIA
Prof. Violet Aigbokhaevbo
Co-Director End Ecocide Nigeria
NORWAY
Nabil Ahmed
Co-lead Stop Ecocide Norway
PERU
Erik Ortega
Co-founder and Coordinator, Perú Sin Ecocidio
PORTUGAL
Margarita Cardoso de Meneses
Co-lead, Stop Ecocidio Portugal
SOUTH AFRICA
Mihle Gayiza
Secretary SAYCCC
SOUTH KOREA
Jeongjun Yun
Co-lead End Ecocide Korea
SPAIN
Maite Mompó
Spanish Director, Stop Ecocidio
SRI LANKA
Shantha Dalugamage
Chairman, Stichting Mission Lanka
SWEDEN
Pia Björstrand
President,
End Ecocide Sweden
SWITZERLAND
Farzad Fallah
Co-lead, End Ecocide Switzerland
SWITZERLAND
Lillian Robb
Co-lead, End Ecocide Switzerland
TUNISIA
Ahmed Elhadj
Representing Stop Ecocide in Tunisia
TURKEY
İlksen Dinçer Baş
End Ecocide Türkiye
UGANDA
Kayinga Muddu Yisito
Founder COTFONE, Representing Stop Ecocide in Uganda
UKRAINE
Olga Chevganiuk
Head of International Department, UAnimals
USA
Julia Jackson
Co-chair,
US Allies
VENEZUELA
Víctor Rujano
Venezuela Sin Ecocidio
VENEZUELA
Daniel Delgado
Venezuela Sin Ecocidio
ZAMBIA
Darwin Malwele
Co-lead Stop Ecocide Zambia
ZAMBIA
Precious Kalombwana
Co-lead, Stop Ecocide Zambia
BOARD OF STOP ECOCIDE FOUNDATION
Jojo Mehta
Chair of the Board
Richard Leachman
Treasurer of the Board & Strategy Consultant
Fadjar Schouten-Korwa
Secretary of the Board
Kathelijne Drenth
Board Member
ADVISORY BOARD
Patrick Alley
Co Founder, Global Witness
Nnimmo Bassey
Founder Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation
Mindahi Bastida
Indigenous Elder & spokesperson
Gail Bradbrook
Co-Founder, Extinction Rebellion
Valérie Cabanes
International law expert (human rights)
Sophie Dembinski
Head of policy and UK manager, Ecosia
Clare Dubois
Founder, TreeSisters
Baltasar Garzón
International criminal lawyer, former judge in Spain’s
Audiencia Nacional
Ken Kitatani
Director General, Intl. Council on Environmental Economics & Development
Kurikindi
Amazonian Elder & Shaman
Kate Mackintosh
Executive Director, Promise Institute, UCLA
Andreas Magnusson
Climate activist and Organiser with Fridays For Future
Mike Mansfield QC, Human Rights barrister, Nexus Chambers
Chidi Oti Obihara
Green Finance Expert
Lisa Oldring
Legal Advisor, Human Rights and Doctoral Researcher, University of Amsterdam
Mikko Pyhälä
Ambassador Emeritus
Jonathon Porritt
Founder Director, Forum for the Future
Mike Robinson
Chief Executive, Royal Scottish Geographical Society
Richard Rogers
Partner, Global Diligence LLP
Pella Thiel
Founder, End Ecocide Sweden
Jan van de Venis
Human Rights and Rights of Nature Lawyer
Elly van Vliet
Honorary Consul of Vanuatu in the Netherlands
Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh
Asst Law Professor / Senior Lecturer, Universities of Leiden / South Pacific (Fiji)