nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/5704728de5423d7e DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250702s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/5704728de5423d7e doi eng 342 23 Herlin-Karnell, Ester Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-8223-3929 Animals and the EU Charter - The Potential for an Animal Turn in EU Law Herlin-Karnell, Ester Verfassungsblog 2025-07-02 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights remains silent on animal rights, even as a growing number of constitutions worldwide now explicitly protect animals. While the EU already recognises animals as sentient beings under Article 13 TFEU, this recognition has yet to translate into meaningful constitutional safeguards. Embedding animal welfare into the Charter would align the Union with global developments and help move its integration project beyond an overly anthropocentric model. CC BY-SA 4.0 Charta der Grundrechte | Europäische Union EU Charter EU Law EU Treaties animal rights animal welfare (DE-588)4619834-9 gnd Charta der Grundrechte | Europäische Union Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/animals-eu-charter/ raw object