Want to teach Animal Rights Law? Join Dr Sean Butler (Fellow, St Edmund’s College, Cambridge and Affiliated Lecturer, University of Cambridge) and Dr Raffael Fasel (Assistant Professor in Public Law, University of Cambridge; Fellow, Jesus College, Cambridge), for a Law Lecturers' Workshop. (1/4)

Interested in winning a cash prize for your writing? Our Centre is still accepting essays for our 2026 Essay Competition! If you're a university or secondary/high school student, this is a great opportunity to explore questions on animal rights law through research and writing. 🧑‍💻 (1/2)

There is still time to enter our Centre's 2026 Essay Competition. 📝 We are inviting essays on the following title: 'Martha Nussbaum argues that animals need certain rights so that they can flourish. How far should human interests be limited in order to enable animals to flourish?' (1/2)

Professor Angela Fernandez (utoronto.ca) will deliver our next Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy presentation! Professor Fernandez will present “Grabbing at Freedom: Does an Escaped Animal Have a Right to Their Freedom?” on Wednesday, 18th February, 5-6.30pm (UK time) on Zoom. 💻 (1/2)

Don't miss our first Talking Animals presentation of the term! 🐦‍⬛ Today, 27th January, Sue Donaldson (Research Associate at Queen’s University) and Will Kymlicka (Professor of Political Philosophy at Queen’s University) will discuss their new book ‘Animals and the Right to Politics’. 📘 (1/2)

Last October, Dr Carolina Leiva Ilabaca delivered a keynote lecture at the V Animal Rights Congress in Madrid, Spain, organised by msocialgob.bsky.social. Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/live/ULGIWT6... #gobiernodeespaña #derechossociales #consumo #agenda2030

Coming soon... 👀 Our Centre team have been working behind the scenes on a new website! Expect intuitive navigation, vibrant design, and easily accessible links to our latests talks, research, and opportunities. Keep an eye on our social media channels next week for more information!

We are still accepting applications for our Oklahoma Law Lecturers’ Workshop (13–17 July 2026). Thanks to the generous support from the Kirkpatrick Foundation, registration is free. Application deadline: 1 March 2026 🗓️ For more information, go to animalrightslaw.org/lecturersworkshop

We are opening this term's Talking Animals series with a book launch! 📙 During this event, Sue Donaldson (Research Associate at Queen's University) and Will Kymlicka (Professor of Political Philosophy at Queen’s University) will discuss their new book ‘Animals and the Right to Politics’. (1/3)

Dr visakurki.bsky.social (helsinki.fi) delivered the first keynote address at our Centre's European Animal Rights Law Conference 2025. Visa's keynote address was titled "Why Animals Already Hold Legal Rights". Check out Visa's presentation on YouTube ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSn5...

Dr Carolina Leiva Ilabaca (Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law) presented "The Ecuadorian Animal Rights Bill: Analysing a Controversial Legislative Project Stemming from a Confusing Constitutional Ruling" at our Centre's 2025 Conference. Watch the talk here ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJc1...

Professor Paula Casal (upf.edu) presented "Seven Reasons Why Captivity May Be Less Bad for Humans Than for Other Hominids" at our Centre's European Animal Rights Law Conference 2025. Watch Professor Casal's talk on our YouTube channel today! 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NSE...

New Year, new Essay Competition! 📝 This year, we are inviting essays on the following title: 'Martha Nussbaum argues that animals need certain rights so that they can flourish. How far should human interests be limited in order to enable animals to flourish?' (1/3)

2025 has been quite an exciting year for the Centre 🎆 Highlights of our year include: ✍️ another outstanding Essay Competition 🌍 holding Law Lecturers' Workshops in Cambridge, Chile, and online 👨‍🏫 hosting our fifth Animal Rights Law Conference (1/3)

Looks like Christmas came early! 🎙️ Season 2 of Animal Rights Tour is available to stream now! Animal Rights Tour is a podcast exploring the past, present, and potential future of animal rights law. (1/3)

Earlier this month, John Adenitire and @raffaelfasel.bsky.social sat down with Jaime Woodhouse for a fascinating Sentientist Conversation hosted by Sentientism. (1/2)

Last month, Marc Bekoff (colorado.edu) delivered 'Celebrating the Emotional Lives of Animals and Why They Matter' as part of the Centre's 2025 Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy online series. Couldn't make it to Marc's live presentation? Watch the recording of his talk here: youtu.be/NWR_1YteDrA

José Ramón Becerra (General Director of the Animal Rights Agency, Government of Spain) presented "Spain, 2025: Lights and Shadows of Animal Protection" at our Centre's European Animal Rights Law Conference 2025. Watch José's talk on YouTube today at tinyurl.com/3bvre5rx 📺

nicodmueller.bsky.social (unibas.ch) presented "Herbie’s Law: Between the Three Rs and a Ban on Animal Experimentation" at our European Animal Rights Law Conference 2025. Watch Nico's presentation on #YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4HR... #EARLCon2025 #Conference #AnimalRightsLaw

Watch Dr @raffaelfasel.bsky.social (cam.ac.uk) and Dr John Adenitire (qmul.bsky.social) discuss their book "Animals and the Constitution: Towards Sentience-Based Constitutionalism" with Dr Jeff Sebo (nyu.edu) and hosted by the NYU Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy.

Steve Race (UK MP, Labour Party) explained the motivations behind his Private Members' Bill to phase out the use of animals in medical research in a message to our 2025 European Animal Rights Law Conference attendees last September. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-uM... (1/2)

Don't miss our final Talking Animals presentation of the term! Kristen Stilt (Professor of Law at hls.harvard.edu and Faculty Director of the Animal Law and Policy Program) will present 'What Can a Healthy Environment Do for Animal Rights?' today, 4th December, at 5:00pm UK time on Zoom. (1/2)

Our Essay Competition is back! 📝 This year, we are inviting essays on the following title: "Martha Nussbaum argues that animals need certain rights so that they can flourish. How far should human interests be limited in order to enable animals to flourish?" (1/2)

We are now accepting applications for our Oklahoma Law Lecturers’ Workshop, which will be held from 13–17 July 2026 at Oklahoma City University, US, hosted by Charis Ward. (1/5)

The NYU Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy will host an online talk with John Adenitire and Raffael Fasel on 3rd December from 12:00pm-1:15pm ET 💻 (1/3)

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!