{"id":2537,"date":"2016-01-27T17:36:47","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T16:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developmentsites.net\/endecocide\/?p=2537"},"modified":"2016-11-21T20:23:52","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T20:23:52","slug":"creating-new-norms-the-rights-of-nature-tribunal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.endecocide.org\/de\/2016\/01\/27\/creating-new-norms-the-rights-of-nature-tribunal\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating New Norms: The Rights of Nature Tribunal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Global Alliance on behalf of Author listed below<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
Thursday,<\/span><\/span> January<\/span> 7th<\/span>,<\/span><\/span> 2016<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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By Jeremy Lent, Patterns of Meaning<\/a>, December 9, 2015<\/p>\n

Writing from Paris while global leaders converged for the UN FCCC COP 21 and events offering profound alternative solutions, Jeremy Lent shares his perspective on the impact of the The Rights of Nature Tribunal as a turning point for our planet:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis week, here in Paris, we saw what may turn out to be a major milestone in the history of humankind. I\u2019m not talking about COP21, but about a 2-day tribunal\u00a0which, although having\u00a0no legal standing or powers of enforcement, may turn out to have an even greater impact on the\u00a0future direction of our world. It was a Rights of Nature tribunal, and it represents\u00a0the most recent step in an important\u00a0and hopeful journey for humanity \u2013 the recognition and expansion of intrinsic legal rights.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Thomas Paine\u2019s \u201cThe Rights of Man\u201d was a revolutionary document in his time.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Some historical context helps.\u00a0Back in 1792, Thomas Paine,\u00a0author of The Rights of Man,\u00a0was tried and convicted in absentia by the British for seditious libel.\u00a0Paine\u2019s troubles arose from the fact that\u00a0he\u00a0was\u00a0blazing a new trail that has since become the bedrock of modern political thought: the inherent rights of human beings.<\/em><\/p>\n

Paine\u2019s writing deeply influenced the composers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence<\/a>,\u00a0one of the\u00a0most influential documents of modern history. \u201cWe hold these truths to be self-evident,\u201d it declared, \u201cthat all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

These truths, while\u00a0self-evident to the founding fathers, were radical ideas for that time, so much so that even those who signed the Declaration\u00a0applied them sketchily, not even considering that they might apply equally to the Africans forced to work as slaves\u00a0in their plantations.<\/em><\/p>\n

By the middle of the twentieth century, in response to the totalitarian horrors of genocide, the world came together to create a new stirring vision that would apply equally to all human beings: the United Nations\u2019 Universal Declaration of Human Rights<\/a>. For the first time in history, fundamental human rights were universally recognized and given legal protection.<\/em><\/p>\n

Of course, these rights continue to be abused in all kinds of ways. But new norms had been established, and nowadays, following\u00a0the formation\u00a0of the International Criminal Court<\/a>, when a tyrant wreaks\u00a0havoc on\u00a0his population, he knows that he might have to face legal consequences from the rest of the world.<\/em><\/p>\n

As we enter into the heart of the twenty-first century, a new set of crises face humanity: the ravages of climate change, deforestation, industrial agriculture, the destruction of natural habitats, and the impending Sixth Extinction of species<\/a>. Like Paine\u00a0and his associates,\u00a0a new group of visionaries are expounding a revolutionary concept that responds to our troubled era: the Rights of Nature.<\/em><\/p>\n

This week in Paris, this group held a 2-day Rights of Nature Tribunal, part\u00a0of which\u00a0I had the honor to attend and film. The Tribunal was based on the idea that nature also has rights, just like humans. Its foundational document\u00a0is\u00a0a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth<\/a>, calling for the \u201cuniversal adoption and implementation of legal systems that recognize, respect and enforce the rights of nature.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Read complete article at\u00a0Patterns of Meaning Creating New Norms: The Rights of Nature Tribunal<\/a><\/p>\n

About the author:<\/h4>\n

Jeremy Lent is President and founder of the nonprofit Liology Institute<\/a> which is dedicated to fostering a worldview that could enable humanity to thrive sustainably on the earth. Jeremy is author of soon to be published The Patterning Instinct: A History of Humanity\u2019s Future<\/a><\/em> and his novel, Requiem of the Human Soul<\/a>, published by independent publisher Libros Libertad in 2009.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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