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Brazil Superior Court of Justice case on the guarding of wild animals

Brazil
National
Approved in 2019
Case
Animal Rights, Personhood, Rights Of Nature
Wild Animal (Parrot)
Animal
Superior Court of Justice of Brazil
Court

Summary

In 2019, the Superior Court of Justice of Brazil granted the provisional protection of a parrot based on the violation of the ecological dimension of the principle of human dignity. The court recognized that non-recognition of non-human interests creates limits to the fundamental rights of human beings. “This vision of nature as an expression of life in its entirety makes it possible for constitutional law and other areas of law to recognize the environment and encourage humans as beings of their own value, deserving, therefore, respect and care, so that we can legal order attributes of ownership of rights and dignity,” the court said.

Legal Document

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

(Portuguese) Brazil Superior Court of Justice Opinion-Wild Animals Case [PDF]
(English) Brazil Superior Court of Justice Opinion-Wild Animals Case [PDF]

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