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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/10db5369c8a7bda3 https://verfassungsblog.de/european-charter-of-fundamental-human-obligations/ A European Charter of Fundamental Human Obligations - Animal Rights in the EU Lindahl, Hans eng 2025-06-30 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Animal Law Capitalism Charta der Grundrechte | Europäische Union Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union EU Law animal rights jurisprudence Charta der Grundrechte | Europäische Union Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The effort to anchor animal rights in the European Charter of Fundamental Rights has gained relevance in light of the widespread commodification of animals within the EU’s market-driven integration process. While commendable in principle, incorporating animal rights into the Charter risks serving a largely symbolic function if it diverts attention from the more pressing task of reconfiguring what I take to be the six foundational institutions of private law in capitalist political economy: property, contract, corporation, tort, labor, and consumption. These institutions reinforce the binary between the human subject and the other-than-human object, a division that enables the commodification of non-human beings.