nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/65e9e201e33ef27d DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250905s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/65e9e201e33ef27d doi eng 342 23 Kerstensteiner, Nina Author aut Personhood Across Borders - The Mar Menor Before Swiss Authorities Kerstensteiner, Nina Verfassungsblog 2025-09-05 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 10 July 2025, the Swiss State Secretariat for International Finance recognized the Spanish saltwater lagoon Mar Menor as a legal subject – at least to the extent of granting it access to environmental information. This decision followed a request for information submitted by the lagoon’s legal representative. The case demonstrates that the legal personhood of ecosystems can operate across national borders. Could ecosystems like the Mar Menor, in the future, bring damages actions against companies whose activities in another country cause ecological harm? CC BY-SA 4.0 International Private Law Mar Menor Mar Menor RIghts of Nature Spain Switzerland conflict-of-laws Öffentlichkeitsgesetz (DE-588)7561376-1 gnd Öffentlichkeitsgesetz (DE-588)4236728-1 gnd Mar Menor Aiwanger, Felix Author aut (orcid)0009-0007-0628-4269 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/mar-menor-switzerland/ raw object