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Polly Higgins

1968 - 2019

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Polly Higgins (* 1968; † 21. April 2019) war eine schottische Rechtsanwältin und Expertin für Ökozide, die als „eine der inspirierendsten Persönlichkeiten der grünen Bewegung“ bezeichnet wurde. Sie gab eine erfolgreiche Karriere als Rechtsanwältin auf, um sich diesem Thema zu widmen, und legte der Rechtskommission der Vereinten Nationen einen Vorschlag vor, wonach Ökozid als internationales Verbrechen anerkannt werden soll. Higgins war auch die Autorin von Eradicating Ecocide und Gründerin des ersten nicht-kommerziellen Treuhandfonds für Umweltschützer. Mehr auf Wikipedia lesen

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Polly Higgins is the 803rd most popular sozialaktivist (down from 773rd in 2024), the 7,270th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,202nd in 2019) and the 50th most popular British Sozialaktivist.

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Among Sozialaktivists

Among sozialaktivists, Polly Higgins ranks 803 out of 840. Before her are Godeliève Mukasarasi, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Ronan Farrow, Joshua Wong, Gauri Lankesh, and Killing of Jean Charles de Menezes. After her are Bibi Aisha, Rahibai Soma Popere, Vanessa Nakate, Prince Abdul Azim of Brunei, Suren Gazaryan, and Eva Abu Halaweh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Polly Higgins ranks 966. Before her are Tomás Carbonell, James Lankford, Mikhail Nestruyev, Sergei Martynov, Brennan Brown, and Aleksandr Konovalov. After her are Birutė Šakickienė, María Luisa Calle, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Keiichi Zaizen, Wang Huifeng, and Julian Baggini. Among people deceased in 2019, Polly Higgins ranks 624. Before her are Yulia Nachalova, Barbara Perry, Wolfgang Perner, Jimmy Banks, Elijah Cummings, and Detsl. After her are Jörg Stübner, Josef Šural, Maximilian Reinelt, Dmytro Tymchuk, Denise Nickerson, and Jessi Combs.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Polly Higgins ranks 7,272 out of 8,785. Before her are Allan Evans (1956), Anthony Gordon (2001), Nigel Spink (1958), Gary Wallis (1964), Nigel Warburton (1962), and Rachel Reeves (1979). After her are Ophelia Lovibond (1986), Bobby Decordova-Reid (1993), Sammy Nelson (1949), Adam Webster (1995), Oliver Phelps (1986), and Jonathan Firth (1967).

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Among Sozialaktivists In United Kingdom

Among sozialaktivists born in United Kingdom, Polly Higgins ranks 50. Before her are Samuel Gompers (1850), Flora Drummond (1878), Arthur Scargill (1938), Anna Howard Shaw (1847), Anthony Dod Mantle (1955), and Laura Lopes (1978). After her are Anjem Choudary (1967), Nadiya Hussain (1984), Kate Rusby (1973), Anna Campbell (1991), Lilly Platt (2008), and Abby Gustaitis (1991).

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