Summary
In 2021, GARN held a virtual international rights of nature tribunal. Judges heard five cases: Glacier Case, French Guiana Case, Vättern Case, Balkan Rivers Case, and Marseille Case. The citizens’ tribunal served as a model for how courts could operate under rights of nature laws, specifically the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth. Each verdict recognized that rights of nature were violated and called upon various agencies to recognize rights of nature.