animawiki

26 September, 2020
Online
Hosted by the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law

Leading lights on the rights of animals and the rights of nature come together in this workshop to discuss critical issues and to explore common ways forward. Attendance will be open to all and for free. The full programme as well as information on how to register is available below. This is the first in a series of online workshops that our Centre will be organising in the academic year 2020/21.

Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ravens-and-rivers-debating-the-rights-of-animals-and-nature-tickets-117585416145

Programme

2.00 - 2.15pm (GMT) Introduction Raffael Fasel (Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law; London School of Economics)

2.15 - 3.00pm The Indivisibility of Ravens and Rivers: Exploring Relationships and Rights (keynote address) Cormac Cullinan (Cullinan & Associates; Wild Law Institute)

3.00 - 3.30pm Rights of Nature in the USA and the Western Tradition Cameron La Follette (Independent researcher and writer)

3.30 - 3.45pm Break

3.45 - 4.15pm Constitutionalism and Animal Rights Benito Alaez Corral and Nuria Menéndez De Llano (University of Oviedo)

4.15 - 4.45pm Who Represents the Rights of Nature? Mihnea Tanasescu (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

4.45 - 6.00pm Q&A and panel discussion