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The Assemblies International network advancing rights of nature through legal frameworks, hosting International Rights of Nature Tribunals, and supporting community-led campaigns for ecosystem legal personhood.
The Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature has convened its fifth tribunal, this time with an expanded mandate covering ocean governance and AI-mediated environmental harm — territory that bridges Garden and Spaceship orientations.
A citizen initiative in Lucerne canton has gathered 5,460 signatures to grant legal personhood to the River Reuss — launching a constitutional process that will test whether democratic systems can recognize nature as a rights-bearing entity.
The Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature seeks interns across communications, tribunal support, and organizing — roles that build the operational capacity behind legal ecosystems protection and governance experimentation.
6th international session of the International Rights of Nature Tribunal, held on the eve of COP30. Launched "A New Pledge for Mother Nature" — a closing declaration synthesizing over a decade of testimony and community struggles.
UN Climate Change Conference. The 30th Conference of the Parties, held Nov 10-21 2025 in Belem, Brazil. Major milestone for Paris Agreement implementation and nature-climate nexus.
IUCN Members adopted 144 motions setting conservation policy for the next 20 years. Major themes: nature-climate nexus, rights of nature, Indigenous stewardship.
Tribunal session during Climate Week NYC 2025. Delivered verdict on the Mountain Valley Pipeline, judgment on Mexico's Tren Maya megaproject, and resolution on Yucatan mega pig farms.
World Social Forum in Nepal (2023)
IUCN Global Youth Summit (2021)
International Rights of Nature Tribunals (e.g., Lima Tribunal covering the Mirador Mining Project)