Animals and the EU Charter - The Potential for an Animal Turn in EU Law Herlin-Karnell, Ester Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-8223-3929 Text xx# 2025 Verfassungsblog 2025-07-02 eng
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 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 Herlin-Karnell, Ester Charta der Grundrechte | Europäische Union EU Charter EU Law EU Treaties animal rights animal welfare Charta der Grundrechte | Europäische Union 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/animals-eu-charter/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/5704728de5423d7e 250702 10.59704/5704728de5423d7e Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)