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Non-Human Rights as a Field of Academic Enquiry

Do non-human entities, such as animals, artificial intelligences (AI), and nature, have fundamental rights? Can they even have fundamental rights? If they can, how would these rights relate to the fundamental rights of human beings? And what, if any, rights can and should non-humans have?

Explore the developing academic field of non-human rights where in an online seminar where these and many other questions will be addressed by three panelists leading cutting edge research on this topic. Prof César Rodríguez-Garavito has recently published an edited volume called 'More than Human Rights: An Ecology of Law, Thought and Narrative for Earthly Flourishing' (NYU Law 2024). Dr Alexis Alvarez-Nakagawa has also recently published a volume (with Prof Costas Douzinas) entitled: 'Non-Human Rights: Critical Perspectives' (Edward Elgar 2024). Finally, Dr John Adenitire is working on an edited collection (with Dr Raffael Fasel) on 'Fundamental Rights for Non-Humans: Foundations, Flaws, and Futures' (Hart 2026). The seminar will focus on how these three researches envision the development of non-human rights as field of academic enquiry.

Speakers

  • Professor César Rodríguez-Garavito, NYU Law
  • Dr Alexis Alvarez-Nakagawa, QMUL Law
  • Dr John Adenitire, QMUL Law
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