Christina Voigt

Professor Christina Voigt is an expert in international environmental law and professor of law at the University of Oslo, Norway. She is Chair of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Commission on Environmental Law, and lead legal counsel for IUCN in the ICJ AO proceedings. She was a member of the Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide and is currently co-chair of the Paris Agreement’s Implementation and Compliance Committee.

Symposium
Systemic Impacts and Structural Shifts: Climate Change and the Role of the ICJ Advisory Opinion

The ICJ and the UN Climate Regime

Christina Voigt

The 2-hour reading of the climate change advisory opinion by ICJ president, judge Yuji Iwasawa, on 23 July 2025 was a historical moment. The court had put forward its legal...

Media

Ökozid als neuer Straftatbestand?

Christina Voigt Stefanie Bock

Der internationale Kampf gegen die Klimakatastrophe lässt den Ruf nach völkerrechtlichen Lösungen immer lauter werden. Schon seit den 70er Jahren gibt es daher Ideen für einen internationalen Verbrechenstatbestand, welcher die...

Symposium
Media
Defining Ecocide

Defining Ecocide – An Interview with Christina Voigt

Justine Batura Philipp Eschenhagen Raphael Oidtmann Christina Voigt

Wrapping up our Symposium ‘Defining Ecocide’, Christina Voigt, member of the Independent Expert Panel, explains her views on the definition of ecocide. In a conversation with Justine Batura, Philipp Eschenhagen...