Valérie Cabanes is an international lawyer, specialized in human rights and humanitarian law. After two decades spent in international solidarity NGOs, she has been working since 2012 for the recognition of the crime of ecocide and the rights of Nature. She is an expert for the Stop Ecocide Foundation, the United Nations “Harmony with Nature” initiative and the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature. She co-founded and is Honorary President of “Notre Affaire à Tous”. She has written two books: Homo Natura, en harmonie avec le vivant (Buchet/Chastel, 2017), Un nouveau droit pour la Terre. Pour en finir avec l'écocide (Seuil, 2016, republished by Points, 2021) and has collaborated on numerous collective books.