Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law

Dr Raffael Fasel (Co-Director of the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law) 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 https://lnkd.in/esrdH8Km #EARLCon2025 #AnimalRightsLaw #AnimalLaw #Cambridge #AnimalRights

Jo-Anne McArthur, award-winning photographer and author, will deliver the second talk in our Centre's Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy series. This talk is entitled 'Seeing Animals: The Evolving Role of Animal Photojournalism in Advocacy and Culture Change' and will take place on Monday, 1st December from 5-6.30pm (UK time) on Zoom. Reserve your free ticket today at https://lnkd.in/eDxYJz67 We Animals 🐇 #TalkingAnimals #Law #Philosophy #AnimalRightsLaw #AnimalLaw #TALP #10YearAnniversary

Video recordings from our European Animal Rights Law Conference 2025 are now up on YouTube! 📺 The Centre hosted our fifth European Animal Rights Law Conference from 4-6 September 2025 at Magdalene College, Cambridge. 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. The Conference is part of our Centre’s mission to promote research and practical work that explores and develops the key themes in animal rights law, and to make that research accessible to a broader audience. Watch the Conference videos on our YouTube channel at https://lnkd.in/dT3kEPcu Weekend plans sorted! 🍿 #EARLCon2025 #AnimalRightsLaw #AnimalLaw #Cambridge #AnimalRights #KeynoteAddress

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 of this exciting programme will be presented by Marc Bekoff (Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado Boulder) on 'Celebrating the Emotional Lives of Animals and Why They Matter'. The event will take place on Tuesday, 18th November, 5-6.30pm (UK time) on Zoom. Learn more about Marc Bekoff and book tickets for this free event at https://lnkd.in/eQ8v_6-n #TalkingAnimals #Law #Philosophy #AnimalRightsLaw #AnimalLaw #TALP #10YearAnniversary

Our Co-Director Raffael Fasel was interviewed for a second time by Marc Bekoff (Ph.D., professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado Boulder) for Psychology Today. In the interview, Raffael discusses the book he co-authored with John Olusegun Adenitire, Animals and the Constitution: Towards Sentience-Based Constitutionalism (2025). 📙 Read the interview here:  https://lnkd.in/eJwWHARm Want to check out the book? Go to https://lnkd.in/eRBiKsQs #AnimalRightsLaw #PsychologyToday #AnimalLaw #AnimalRights #Philosophy 

Yesterday, Professor Cass Sunstein (Harvard Law School) delivered a captivating lecture on ‘Beyond Kant and Bentham: A Bill of Rights for Nonhuman Animals’ at University of Cambridge's Faculty of Law for our Centre's Annual Animal Rights Law Lecture. Professor Sunstein's vibrant, fascinating lecture was followed by an enthusiastic Q&A. The questions and discussion continued to flow during the post-lecture drinks reception. Many thanks to Professor Sunstein for such an inspiring, thoughtful lecture. We also want to thank all the attendees, Centre team, Cambridge University, International Society for Animal Rights, Coller Foundation, and our other donors for making our Annual Animal Rights Law Lecture possible! If you missed our Annual Lecture, never fear! We will be releasing a video of the lecture next month on our website and YouTube channel. #AnimalRights #AnimalLaw #Law #Ethics #NonhumanAnimals #Lecture #FreeEvent

Last chance to get tickets for our Centre's free Annual Animal Rights Law Lecture! 🎟️ Tomorrow, Wednesday 15 October 2025, 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. Doors to the event open for ticket holders at 4:00 pm🚪 Professor Sunstein's Lecture will begin at 4:30 pm, and it will be followed by a Q&A and drinks reception. Reserve your free ticket today at https://lnkd.in/e-rsb4UN #AnimalRights #AnimalLaw #Law #Ethics #NonhumanAnimals #Lecture #FreeEvent 

One week until our next Annual Animal Rights Law Lecture! 🐾 Join us on Wednesday 15 October 2025 at University of Cambridge's Faculty of Law from 4:00 pm for the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law’s Annual Animal Rights Law Lecture. Professor Cass Sunstein is the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard Law School. In 2018, he received the Holberg Prize from the government of Norway, sometimes described as the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for law and the humanities. In 2020, the World Health Organization appointed him as Chair of its technical advisory group on Behavioural Insights and Sciences for Health. From 2009 to 2012, he was Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, and after that, he served on the President’s Review Board on Intelligence and Communications Technologies and on the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Board. Professor Sunstein has testified before congressional committees on many subjects, and he has advised officials at the United Nations, the European Commission, the World Bank, and many nations on issues of law and public policy. Professor Sunstein's Lecture will begin at 4:30 pm, and it will be followed by a Q&A and drinks reception. Tickets are going fast! Reserve your free ticket at https://lnkd.in/e-rsb4UN #AnimalRights #AnimalLaw #Law #Ethics #NonhumanAnimals #Lecture #FreeEvent

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. Animals are at the heart of all we do at the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law. If you want to learn more about the legal rights of non-human animals around the world, check out our website at animalrightslaw.org #WorldAnimalDay2025 #AnimalLaw #AnimalRightsLaw #Animals #AnimalWelfare 

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. Her legacy of championing animal rights, planet protection, and passion will continue to inspire change for decades to come. 🌍