Summary
In 2017, GARN held it’s 4th international rights of nature tribunal in Bonn, Germany. Held concurrently with the 23rd United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP23), this Tribunal exposed the significant role which legal systems play in enabling climate change and global environmental degradation. Judges heard six cases:
1. Almeria water deprivation (Spain)
2. Defenders of Nature and Mother Earth
3. False solutions to the climate change crisis
4. Lignite mining in the Hambach forest (Germany)
5. TIPNIS protected area and oil exploitation (Bolivia)
6. Trade agreements and their implications on nature
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. The judges have yet to deliver an available judgment on Trade agreements and their implications on nature.
Involved Organizations
Suggested Citation:
Kauffman, Craig, Catherine Haas, Alex Putzer, Shrishtee Bajpai, Kelsey Leonard, Elizabeth Macpherson, Pamela Martin, Alessandro Pelizzon & Linda Sheehan. Eco Jurisprudence Monitor. V2. 2025. Distributed by the Eco Jurisprudence Monitor.https://ecojurisprudence.org/initiatives/international-rights-of-nature-tribunal-in-bonn-2017/.
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