Eco Jurisprudence Monitor

NGO

This page identifies ecological jurisprudence initiatives in which one or more of the initiators is a non-governmental organization whose NGO status can be verified on the Internet (e.g., NGO website or news source).

Berlin (Germany) Law: rights of the Spree River

Berlin and Brandenburg States, Germany
Drafted in 2025
Civil Society Declaration
Freshwater Ecosystem, Urban
In October 2025, a group of citizens launched a draft law to recognize the rights of the Spree River in Berlin as a legal entity.Read More →

International Declaration of Reef Rights 2007

International
Drafted in 2007
Civil Society Declaration
Marine Ecosystem
In March 2007, Reef Check launched the International Declaration of Reef Rights which recognizes that coral reefs have the right to be free from harm.Read More →

IUCN 2025 Motion 061: recognizing the crime of ecocide

Abu Dhabi, UAE (World Conservation Congress)
Approved in 2025
Declaration
All Nature
On October 14, 2025, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress passed “Motion 061: Recognizing the crime of ecRead More →