Kristen Stilt (hls.harvard.edu) will deliver our third talk of the term on 'What Can a Healthy Environment Do for Animal Rights?'. The event is part of our Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy series, and it will take place on 4th December, 5-6.30pm (UK time) on #Zoom. (1/2)

Congratulations to our Centre's Dr Carolina Leiva Ilabaca on her excellent Spanish translation of Dr raffaelfasel.bsky.social and Dr Sean Butler's animal rights law textbook. 📘 Find out more and purchase the book in Spanish here: www.editorialbdef.com.ar

Exciting to see the first print copies of the Spanish translation of our animal rights law textbook. Many thanks to Carolina Leiva Ilabaca for a brilliant job translating the book!

@raffaelfasel.bsky.social (Co-Director of the Centre) opened our 2025 European Animal Rights Law Conference with a talk on 'thick' versus 'thin' animal rights laws. Watch this introduction to our 2025 Conference on #YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJwQ... #EARLCon2025 #AnimalRightsLaw

Jo-Anne McArthur, award-winning photographer and author, will deliver the second talk in our Centre's Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy series. (1/2)

Video recordings from our European Animal Rights Law Conference 2025 are now up on #YouTube! 📺 This year's Conference was on the theme "Animal Rights in Legislation" and featured political representatives, government officials, prominent academics, and lawyers from around the world. (1/2)

Our Talking Animals series is back! 🎉 In celebration of its 10th anniversary, the Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy series presents a year-long programme of distinguished speakers. The first talk will be presented by Marc Bekoff (colorado.edu) on 18th November, 5-6.30pm (UK time) on Zoom. (1/2)

raffaelfasel.bsky.social was interviewed for a second time by Marc Bekoff (colorado.edu) for psycologytoday.com. In the interview, Raffael discusses the book he co-authored with John Olusegun Adenitire, Animals and the Constitution: Towards Sentience-Based Constitutionalism (2025) 📕 (1/2)

Yesterday, casssunstein.bsky.social (hls.harvard.edu) delivered a captivating lecture on ‘Beyond Kant and Bentham: A Bill of Rights for Nonhuman Animals’ at cambridgelaw.bsky.social for our Centre's Annual Animal Rights Law Lecture. (1/4)

Last chance to get tickets for our Centre's free Annual Lecture! 🎟️ Tomorrow, 15 October, Professor Cass R. Sunstein (Harvard Law School) will deliver ‘Beyond Kant and Bentham: A Bill of Rights for Nonhuman Animals’ at Cambridge University's Faculty of Law. (1/2)

One week until our next Annual Lecture! 🐾 Join us on 15 October @cambridgelaw.bsky.social from 4 pm for our Annual Animal Rights Law Lecture. Professor Cass Sunstein (hls.harvard.edu) will deliver a lecture on ‘Beyond Kant and Bentham: A Bill of Rights for Nonhuman Animals’. (1/5)

Last weekend, we celebrated World Animal Day! 🐀 World Animal Day's goal is to unite the animal welfare movement and mobilise it into a global force to make the world a better place for all animals. (1/2)

A voice for animals, a beacon of hope, a fierce advocate for our planet. Today, we mourn the loss of Dr Jane Goodall. A primatologist, zoologist, anthropologist, and beyond, she brought humans closer to non-human animals through her groundbreaking research and tireless advocacy. (1/2)

What better day to launch a podcast than International Podcast Day? 🎉 We are thrilled to announce the Centre's podcast Animal Rights Tour is live! The podcast offers bitesized episodes that explore the past, present, and potential future of animal rights law. (1/2)

Tickets are available for our 2025 Annual Animal Rights Law Lecture! 🎟️ Join us for this free event on 15 October at Cambridge University's Faculty of Law. (1/3)

We are delighted to announce the date and speaker for our next Annual Lecture! 🎉 Our speaker for 2025 is Cass R. Sunstein, a distinguished professor, legal scholar, and author. (1/4)

Our Co-Director @raffaelfasel.bsky.social was recently interviewed by Marc Bekoff (Ph.D., professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder) for Psychology Today. (1/2)

Last month, Dr Carolina Leiva Ilabaca (Junior Research Associate at the Centre) delivered a 3-day workshop on Animal Rights Law to a group of lawyers, judges, and public prosecutors from Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and Ecuador. (1/3)

Well done to our 2025 Cambridge Law Lecturers' Workshop attendees! 👏 From 8-12 September, they discussed strategies of how to put together an Animal Rights Law syllabus, explored readings to include in their course, shared techniques on how to engage students, and more. (1/2)

A week ago, we welcomed delegates, speakers, and our Centre team to our fifth European Animal Rights Law Conference. This year's Conference was on the theme "Animal Rights in Legislation" and featured animal rights law experts from around the world. (1/5)

We closed the 2025 European Animal Rights Law Conference with a special panel on "Past lessons and future prospects" featuring Ruud Tombrock (Humane Society International), Richard Ryder (psychologist and animal rights advocate), and David Bilchitz (University of Johannesburg and Reading) (1/4)

As we reflect on another fruitful day of presentations, Q&As, and discussions at our 2025 European Animal Rights Law Conference, we are also celebrating International Day of Charity! The Centre is a registered charity dedicated to the study of fundamental rights for non-human animals. (1/3)

What a spectacular second day of the European Animal Rights Law Conference 2025! 👏 Today, we enjoyed fascinating talks, shared our thoughts in Q&As, and kept the discussions bubbling during the drinks reception. (1/3)

A second day full of inspiring presentations on the world‘s first pieces of animal rights legislation at our Cambridge Conference @animalrightslaw.bsky.social @magdalenecollege.bsky.social

The fifth European Animal Rights Law Conference organised by the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social is off to a great start!

Having a great time at the European Animal Rights Law Conference – that's me there in the picture! 😎 I talked about phase-out planning for research that harms animals: Why it's not just the #3Rs, why it's different from a ban, and how politically promising the demand is. Great discussion too!

Our European Animal Rights Law Conference 2025 has begun! 🎉 Today, we heard presentations from our distinguished speakers on the following block subjects: 1️⃣ Taking stock of current animal rights bills 2️⃣ Challenges before and after enactment (1/2)

Dr John Olusegun Adenitire and Dr raffaelfasel.bsky.social launched their book "Animals and the Constitution: Towards Sentience-Based Constitutionalism" last term. 🎉 (1/2)

🚨 Sales of our 2025 European Animal Rights Law Conference tickets close on 2nd September at 11.00pm! 🚨 This year's Conference is on the theme "Animal Rights in Legislation" and will feature political representatives, government officials, prominent academics, and lawyers. (1/2)

🔹 Keynote Speaker Spotlight 🔹 Dr Saskia Stucki (Senior Lecturer and Postdoctoral researcher at the Zürich University of Applied Sciences, School of Management and Law) will deliver the second keynote address at our 2025 European Animal Rights Law Conference. (1/3)

🔹 Keynote Speaker Spotlight 🔹 The first keynote address at our 2025 European Animal Rights Law Conference will be delivered by‪ visakurki.bsky.social. Dr Kurki is Associate Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Helsinki and Director of the Helsinki Animal Law Centre. (1/3)

¡Aún queda tiempo para postular al Taller para Docentes de Derecho en Chile! El próximo Taller se celebrará en el Instituto de Éticas Aplicadas de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, en colaboración con el Prof. Alfonso Donoso, del 1 al 5 de diciembre de 2025. (1/4)

Less than one week left to purchase formal dinner tickets for our 2025 European Animal Rights Law Conference! Don't miss the opportunity to enjoy a formal, vegan dinner with our speakers, invited guests, and Centre team at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge.

Less than one week left to purchase formal dinner tickets for our 2025 European Animal Rights Law Conference! Don't miss the opportunity to enjoy a formal, vegan dinner with our speakers, invited guests, and Centre team at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge.

Judge Athar Minallah (Supreme Court of Pakistan) delivered 'Empty the Cages' as part of the 'Judging Animal Rights' panel during our 2023 European Animal Rights Law Conference. Our 2025 Conference will feature more fascinating presentations and discussions lead by animal rights law experts. (1/2)

Happy International Cat Day! 🐈 Today, we are celebrating our feline friends and rewatching “Social Norms in Animal Cultures” presented by Kristin Andrews (York Research Chair in Animal Minds and Professor of Philosophy at York University, Canada) as part of our 2024 Talking Animals series. (1/2)

Sales of the accommodation tickets for our 2025 European Animal Rights Law Conference close tomorrow at midnight! 🕛 Don't miss the chance to experience our full Conference programme (including a formal dinner) while staying on campus at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge. (1/2)

We're so grateful for the tremendous interest in our 2025 European Animal Rights Law Conference! Tickets are still available! Don't miss the chance to meet and listen to influential academics, lawyers, political representatives, and animal rights law experts from around the world. (1/3)

Perspectives from Ruud Tombrock, Richard Ryder, and David Bilchitz (@unirdg-law.bsky.social) will be given in two parts and moderated by Dr Carolina Leiva Ilabaca and Dr Eva Bernet Kempers (Junior Research Associates at the Centre) during the final block of our Conference. (1/3)

🚨 Only one week left to purchase tickets that include accommodation for our 2025 European Animal Rights Law Conference! Don't miss the chance to experience our full Conference programme (including a formal dinner) while staying on campus at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge (1/2)

Take a look at our Conference's 'Case study: constitutional animal rights in Finland' block 👀 🗣️ Mai Kivela (MP, Left Alliance Party, Finland) 🗣️ Venla Mathlein (President of the Finnish Society for Animal Rights) 👥 Panel Q&A (1/2)

We will kick off day 2 of our Conference with 'Exploring enacted animal rights laws', featuring... 🐘 Leslie Rule (Council Member, Ojai, USA) presenting "Elephants’ rights in Ojai, California" 🐢 Gabriel Silva (former MP, “Vamos” Coalition, Panama) discussing "Turtles’ rights in Panama" (1/2)

The second block of our Conference, 'Challenges before and after enactment', will feature: 🗣️ Tatiana Rivadeneira (Ecuadorian lawyer, member of the National Animal Movement of Ecuador) presenting on "The Ecuadorian drafting process" (1/3)

Check out the programme for our 'Taking stock of current animal rights bills' block on the first day of our 2025 European Animal Rights Law Conference ⬇️ (1/4)

Judging Animal Rights 👩🏽‍⚖️ Judge Karla Andrade Quevedo (Constitutional Court of Ecuador) gave an in-depth presentation on 'Animals as Subjects of Rights in Ecuador' during our 2023 European Animal Rights Law Conference. (1/2)

¡El plazo de inscripciones ha sido extendido! 🧑‍🏫 Los interesados pueden ahora postular al Workshop para docentes de Derecho, a celebrarse en Santiago de Chile, hasta el 31 de agosto. Más información e inscripciones: animalrightslaw.org/lecturersworkshop (1/2) #LawWorkshop #AnimalRightsLaw

Our 2025 European Animal Rights Law Conference offers a dynamic programme of presentations, panel discussions, Q&As, and networking opportunities. Want to learn more about our 2025 Conference programme? Here are just a few of the engaging talks we have programmed ⬇️ (1/3)

This year's #Conference is on the theme "Animal Rights in Legislation" and will feature political representatives, government officials, prominent academics, and lawyers. Find the full programme and reserve tickets at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/european-a... #EARLC2025 #AnimalRightsLaw #AnimalLaw

Matthew Wray Perry (University of British Columbia) presented 'Sentient Dignity: The Foundation for Multispecies Justice?' as part of our Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy series last term. You can watch Matthew 's full talk at www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1k_HO9-MKA 💻 #Law #Philosophy #AnimalRights

Justin Marceau (University of Denver) presented 'Optimism and Animal Rights Law: Looking at Two Unlikely Sources of Legal Momentum for Animal Rights' as part of our Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy series last term. Watch Justin's full talk at www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKb0... 💻 #AnimalRightsLaw