Category: Environmental Rights Review Blog

By Joshua C. Gellers Recent developments in the United States – a bill banning legal personhood for nonhumans in Utah and a court decision recognizing frozen embryos as persons in Alabama – reveal the fractured implementation of nonhuman personhood. Scholars have a duty to rectify inconsistencies and clarify concepts to realize the potential environmental, political,…

By Kimberley Graham The majority of Swiss citizens voted against weakening legal protections for wolves. Yet, the Swiss government has amended hunting laws to allow the killing of up to 70% of wolves. In 2020, the majority of Swiss citizens voted against weakening national protections for wolves. Despite this result, the Swiss Parliament amended the hunting and protection…