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Dear John,

Like nonhuman animal rights, rights of nature and ecocentric law reject the idea that the nonhuman world is ours to degrade and exploit.

Today on Earth Day, the Nonhuman Rights Project is pleased to share the latest on our growing involvement with the rights of nature movement:

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Recently
Ecuador’s
Constitutional
Court
accepted
a
joint
request
from
the
NhRP,
environmental
lawyer
Hugo
Echeverria
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,
and
Kristen
Stilt
(Harvard
Law
Professor
and
Faculty
Director
of
the
Animal
Law
&
Policy
Program)
to
submit
an
amici
curiae
(“friends
of
the
court”)
brief
to
that
Court,
arguing
that
at
least
some
nonhuman
animals
should
be
considered
rightsholders
under
the
rights
of
nature
framework
already
adopted
in
the
country’s
Constitution.
The
Constitutional
Court
decided
to
take
up
the
issue
of
nonhuman
animals’
legal
status
in
response
to
a
habeas
corpus
case
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about
a
chorongo
monkey
who
was
taken
from
her
natural
habitat
when
she
was
a
baby
and
died
in
a
zoo
after
nearly
two
decades
of
imprisonment
in
a
human
household.

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In
February
of
this
year,
our
friends
at
the
Earth
Law
Center
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published
the
first
legal
coursebook
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comprehensively
addressing
ecocentric
law
and
jurisprudence
“for
students
and
lawyers
who
know
that
nature
and
human
environmental
rights
need
to
have
seats
at
the
table
of
law—in
courts,
legislatures,
administrative
bodies,
enforcement
agencies,
and
civil
society.”
The
NhRP
contributed
a
chapter
on
nonhuman
animal
rights,
and
we
look
forward
to
working
with
ELC
to
identify
opportunities
for
further
collaboration.

In Ecuador, as in most countries around the world, nonhuman animals are considered rightless “things” under the law. The NhRP was founded [[link removed]] on the principle that this legal “thinghood” is archaic, immoral, and unjust. We’ll share our brief after we submit it to the Constitutional Court in the coming months.

Thank you for supporting the global struggle for nonhuman rights on Earth Day and every day! Please consider making a contribution to the NhRP today [[link removed]] to help us continue building a more just world for all.

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With gratitude,
Mickey Suzuki
Development Director, the NhRP

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