An international tribunal for environmental offences?

http://therealnews.com/t2/component/seyret/?task=videodirectlink&id=6874

While the world's attention has been focused on the environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico something similar has been going on in the Niger Delta in Nigeria for years without anything being done about it. US and European oil companies are destroying the landscape through oil pollution with fires burning day and night. But then this is only Africa so who cares? This report from French broadcaster France 24 gives an impression of what is happening.

The Nigerian environmental activist interviewed calls for an international tribunal for environmental offences? I think this is a really good idea and long overdue. When one saw the arrogant insouciance of the Chief Executive of BP recently in front of the powerful US Senate hearings, one wonders how he and his ilk would react to calls from African governments and environmental organisations to appear and give evidence. Probably would not even bother to reply. The oil companies need to be brought down to size and the international community needs to act firmly. This is one area where the EU could also act against the actions of its own oil companies and what they are doing in the Niger Delta.