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Dear John,

As with human rights, nonhuman rights are based on fundamental principles of justice such as liberty, autonomy, equality, and fairness. Rights protect against wrongs that we as a society have deemed intolerable, such as detaining individuals against their will without sufficient cause or subjecting them to mental or physical torture. All of human history shows that the only way to truly protect human beings’ fundamental interests is to recognize their rights. It’s no different for nonhuman animals.

Whether we’re talking about vulnerable human beings or nonhuman animals like our chimpanzee and elephant clients, legally enforceable rights are critical to helping individuals protect and, if necessary, regain their liberty and dignity—especially in circumstances where they are otherwise powerless to confront the people or institutions responsible for depriving them of these vital aspects of existence.

Today is Human Rights Day, which marks the 72nd anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations to acknowledge the importance of respect for the freedom, equality, and dignity of each individual regardless of “race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, or other status.” It’s also Animal Rights Day, launched on the same date to emphasize that we must extend these principles to members of other species. Beginning with our fight for the right to liberty of autonomous nonhuman animals like great apes, elephants, dolphins, and whales, that’s exactly what the NhRP’s work is all about.

Thank you today and every day for joining us in calling for a world where nonhuman rights are respected alongside human rights. Visit this [[link removed]] link to read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Visit this [[link removed]] link to read a 2018 opinion in our nonhuman rights cases that we think will go down in history as one of the first big cracks in the legal wall that unjustly separates human and nonhuman beings.

To building a more just world for all,
The NhRP

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