WORKSHOP 3: Steven M. Wise, JD: Nonhuman personhood
My Session Status
What:
Workshop
When:
7:30 PM, Thursday 28 Jun 2018
(2 hours)
Where:
Université du Québec à Montréal
- DS-R510
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There are several potential legal paths for according sentient beings rights and protection under the law. The Nonhuman Rights Project is working to win legal rights for nonhuman animals in the US through a state-by-statelong-term litigation campaign via habeas corpus lawsuits demanding recognition of the legal personhood and fundamental right to bodily liberty of individual great apes, elephants, dolphins, and whales held in captivity across the US. In addition to the work in the US, legal working groups in England, Spain, France, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Portugal, Argentina, Israel, Turkey, India, and Australia are being set up collaboratively to develop nonhuman rights campaigns suited to the respective legal systems of each of these countries.
Andrews, K., Crozier, G., Donaldson, S., Fenton, A., Johnson, L. S. M., Jones, R., ... & Rocha, J. (2018). The Philosophers' Brief on Chimpanzee Personhood.
Steven M. Wise, JD (Speaker)
Founder and President Nonhuman Rights Project
Founder and President Nonhuman Rights Project
Cara Parisien
Law Student Université de Montréal
Law Student Université de Montréal
Moderator
Mary Lee Jensvold
senior Lecturer Central Washington University
senior Lecturer Central Washington University
Alain Roy
Professeur de droit animalier Université de Montréal
Professeur de droit animalier Université de Montréal
Jonathan Birch
London School of Economics
London School of Economics
Nicolas Morello
Co-fondateur Droit animalier Québec (DAQ)
Co-fondateur Droit animalier Québec (DAQ)
