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On 2 August 2024, the District Court (Landgericht) in Erfurt, Germany became the first German court to recognise the rights of nature in the case 8 O 1373/21. The second case cited the Amazon of Rights project as an important reference point in…

The Global Justice Clinic starts in the new winter semester with three courses and a guest lecture series. The curriculum includes a BA seminar on "Human Rights Protection and Modern Slavery" and MA courses on strategic litigation and clinic…

We invite submissions for a special issue examining ‘human-centred’ approaches in justice delivery, contrasting them with traditional managerialist paradigms. This issue seeks to explore the theoretical foundations, real-world applications, and…

The Amazon of Rights project is co-organising and presenting at “The Law and the Amazon” conference in collaboration with the Max Planck Law and Max Planck Latin America Forum.

This question was the topic of a guest lecture given by Prof. Michael Riegner at the Federal University of Pará in Brazil on August 21, 2024. Based on current case law of the European Court of Human Rights on the so-called “human right to climate…

The topic of the rights of nature is currently being discussed in many different places. In order to bring some of these discussion threads together, a "Rights of Nature Coffee Party" was held at the Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences on…

On August 8, 2024, Prof. Michael Riegner discussed the  „Amazon of Rights“ project with lawyers and anthropologists at the Federal University of Western Para in Santarem in the Amazon.

The annual conference  "Verfassung und Recht in Übersee/World Comparative Law" took place on 4 and 5 July 2024 at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. In cooperation with the University of Erfurt, renowned scholars from around the world gathered to…