Summary
In 2015, GARN held an international rights of nature tribunal in Paris, France. Judges heard three cases: the Chevron/Texaco Case, Defenders of Nature and Mother Earth Case, and Yasuni ITT 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.