Rights for Non-Humans in EU Law - The Potential of the EU Legal Order
Epstein, Yaffa
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Bernet Kempers, Eva
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2025-07-03
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The recognition of animals and nature as potential rights holders has long been a controversial proposition within European legal discourse. However, we believe that the EU legal order is more hospitable to such recognition than one might expect. In a recent article, we argued for a rights-based reinterpretation of EU animal welfare and environmental protection laws. EU constitutional and secondary laws can be construed as entailing legal rights for non-human entities – even if these rights are not explicit the texts. We consider how the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and other EU legal acts may support a post-anthropocentric vision of Union law.
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Epstein, Yaffa
Charta der Grundrechte | Europäische Union
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EU Law
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anthropocentrism
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