'Crimes against the environment' and warfare : accountability for businesses under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court?

Acts perpetrated during the course of warfare have, through the ages, led to significant environmental destruction. Throughout history the environment has been a silent victim of human conflict. These have included situations in which the natural environment has intentionally been targeted as a ‘victim’, or has been manipulated to serve as a ‘weapon’. The problem is ongoing. On 6 November 2015, the United Nations marked the “International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict”.