• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
eco-jurisprudence monitor logo

Eco Jurisprudence Monitor

  • EJ Tracker
    • Report Initiative
    • Tracker FAQ
    • Codebook
    • Printable Charts
    • Data Ethics
    • Data Request
  • Resources
    • Eco Jurisprudence Tracker
    • Legal Toolkit
  • About
    • About Us
    • Our Story
    • Contact
  • English
    • Español

Switzerland Initiative to Protect the Rights of Nature in the Constitution

Switzerland
National
Submitted in 2021
Constitution
Personhood, Rights Of Nature
Nature
All Nature
National councillors Jon Pult (SP), Anna Giacometti (FDP), Marionna Schlatter-Schmid (Green), Nik Gugger (EPP) and Beat Flach (GLP) as well as Doris Ragettli (co-founder of the worldwide Mother Earth movement).
Government

Summary

In 2021, Switzerland national councilors Jon Pult, Anna Giacometti, Marionna Schlatter-Schmid, Nik Gugger, and Beat Flach—all from various parties—presented an initiative for a constitutional amendment to the Swiss parliament. The proposed amendment would give people the right to a healthy environment and at least the partial status of a legal subject to nature. The proposal mentions the scarcity of resources, increasing environmental pollution and global warming. The initiative also said that it will be necessary sometimes to clarify who is legally entitled to represent nature when working out the details. The amendment has not been adopted yet.

To see the original legal document(s) for this initiative, click the links below:

Initiative for the Rights of Nature to the Swiss Parliament [PDF]

To see other supplementary information related to this initiative, click the links below:

The Rhine and Rigi should be allowed to go to court
CDER - First Steps Taken to Protect the Rights of Nature in Switzerland’s Federal Constitution-4/6/2021

When using our data, please follow the FAIR and CARE Principles for data governance outlined in our Ethics Statement. We are doing our best to be correct in the information we provide, but if you notice any omission or inaccuracy, please report this to us immediately at info@ecojurisprudence.org so we can correct it.

Eco Jurisprudence Tracker is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Footer

Contact

  • EJ Tracker
  • Resources
  • About
earth law center
UN Harmony with Nature
Ecological Law and Governance Association
GARN logo

Subscribe to our newsletter:

loader

Privacy Policy

© 2023 Eco Jurisprudence Monitor – all rights reserved.

  • English
  • Español