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Sweden Rights of Nature Constitutional Amendment

Sweden
National
Submitted in 2021
Constitution
Rights Of Nature
Nature
All Nature
MP Rebecka Le Moine
Government

Summary

In 2019, MP Rebecka Le Moine of the Swedish parliament proposed an amendment recognizing rights of nature to the Swedish constitution. The proposed amendment would give nature the right to naturally exist, flourish, regenerate and develop; the right to restoration, recovery and preservation; and the right to perform their natural functions.

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

Sweden Proposed Rights of Nature Constitutional Amendment [PDF]

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