Personhood Across Borders - The Mar Menor Before Swiss Authorities Kerstensteiner, Nina Author aut Aiwanger, Felix Author aut (orcid)0009-0007-0628-4269 Text xx# 2025 Verfassungsblog 2025-09-05 eng
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 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 Kerstensteiner, Nina International Private Law Mar Menor Mar Menor RIghts of Nature Spain Switzerland conflict-of-laws Öffentlichkeitsgesetz Öffentlichkeitsgesetz Mar Menor 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/mar-menor-switzerland/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/65e9e201e33ef27d 250905 10.59704/65e9e201e33ef27d Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)