Speaker: Alexandra Huneeus, Evjue-Bascom Professor of Law, UW–Madison
What does the emergence of rights of nature mean for human rights? Non-human rights pose a distinct kind of challenge, threatening to unravel human rights law from within its major premise.
This essay analyzes the evolving relation of non-human rights and human rights law in Latin America, the region where they first emerged and have undergone the most development, and where human rights law plays a salient role at the domestic and regional level.
A review of judgments, laws, and social movements reveals that justifications for extending legal rights beyond humans fall into different camps that reflect at times contrasting views of the world they imagine, and the role of human rights.