ABSTRACT
Non-human rights are becoming part of our ordinary legal landscape and vocabulary. Animals, rivers, mountains, rainforests, ecosystems and synthetic or artificial entities such as machines, AI and robots are currently regarded or in the process of being considered subjects of rights in different parts of the world. This introduction to the volume Non-Human Rights: Critical Perspectives explores and provides a critical outlook on this emerging trend. It also overviews the contributions to the volume, which analyse the limitations and possibilities of non-human rights and their paradoxes and relevance for our critical juncture.
Alvarez-Nakagawa, Alexis, A Critical Introduction to Non-Human Rights (December 22, 2023). Forthcoming in Alexis Alvarez-Nakagawa and Costas Douzinas (eds), Non-Human Rights. Critical Perspectives (EEP), Queen Mary Law Research Paper No 419/2024.
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