cachalot on Nostr: A move to grant whales legal personhood would include the right to sue, writes ...
A move to grant whales legal personhood would include the right to sue, writes Rachael Evans.
In a groundbreaking declaration earlier this month, Indigenous leaders of New Zealand and the Cook Islands signed a treaty, He Whakaputanga Moana, to recognise whales as legal persons.
A ruling in favour of whales could have significant ramifications for the health and wellbeing of our oceans, and perhaps the very existence of their species.
https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/04/16/what-if-whales-could-take-us-to-court/
In a groundbreaking declaration earlier this month, Indigenous leaders of New Zealand and the Cook Islands signed a treaty, He Whakaputanga Moana, to recognise whales as legal persons.
A ruling in favour of whales could have significant ramifications for the health and wellbeing of our oceans, and perhaps the very existence of their species.
https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/04/16/what-if-whales-could-take-us-to-court/