Press Release: New York recognizes the Great Lakes Bill of Rights, with the goal of securing legal rights for the ecosystem It was originally introduced as Lake Erie Bill of Rights - now amended to encompass Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. The bill paves the way for litigation against polluters on behalf of the [...]
Court rules that mining in a protected forest is unconstitutional, violates constitutional rights of nature Published by the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights, December 1, 2021 December 1, 2021 Contact: Hugo Echeverría, Attorney, echejur@yahoo.ca Mari Margil, Executive Director, mmargil@centerforenvironmentalrights.org Quito, Ecuador: On December 1, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador issued a landmark ruling in [...]
Press release published by Lincoln County Community Rights. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Rio Davidson Debra Fant Lincoln County Community Rights board Lincoln Co. Community Rights board [...]
Press Release, Nov 14, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5th INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS OF NATURE TRIBUNAL OFFICIAL VERDICTS False solutions to climate change crisis Amazon, a threatened living entity COP 26 - Glasgow, Scotland, UK Friday, Nov 12th, 2021 The 5th International Rights of Nature Tribunal took place on Wednesday, November 3rd, and Thursday, November 4th at [...]
CDER’s Senior Legal Counsel Thomas Linzey will be serving as a presenter at Global Peace Week. His workshop will enrich and invigorate anyone interested in the #rightsofnature! Learn more about this free, virtual event and register now! Thursday, September 30, 2021 2:30-3:45pm EST The Peace and Justice Institute, at Valencia College, is hosting Global Peace [...]
Voices of Rivers: Listening to and communicating with our waters Press Release from The Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature: We kindly invite you to a webinar organized by @biennalesydney Sept 26th, International Rivers’ Day, in which GARN members will participate to talk about their project on the #RightsofNature and rivers to be presented [...]
Rejects State of Minnesota’s Effort to Dismiss Case Press Release by Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights dated August 19,2021 Manoomin (wild rice) is lead plaintiff in case to enforce Treaty rights and rights of nature, to stop State’s permitting of 5 billion gallons of water to construct the Enbridge Line 3 tar sands oil [...]
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@MovementRights announced a new Rights of Nature hire in an Aug 11, 2021 tweet: We're excited! Sam White Swan-Perkins has joined our team as our Intertribal Rights of Nature (IRON) coordinator. Along with Casey Camp Horinek & @PennieOpal Sam will work w/ tribal communities exploring #RightsofNature #tribalsovereignty #climatejustice!
Move to Amend put out this announcement about an event today (July 21, 2021): Wednesday, July 21, Move to Amend National Director and co-founder Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap will be part of an important discussion hosted by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). We hope you can join the event! You are invited to participate in [...]
