If Not Rights, Then What?: Glorifying the Rights-Based Approach to Animal Protection
Mon 24 Feb
|Birmingham
In this dialogue, Dr Butler provided an in-depth analysis of the challenges and opportunities within the rights-based approach to animal protection.
Time & Location
24 Feb 2025, 15:30 – 17:30
Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
About the event
About
Join us for an engaging discussion with Dr. Sean Butler, a leading scholar in animal rights law from the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law. Dr. Butler will explore the complexities of the rights-based approach to animal protection, offering a critical examination of its merits and limitations. Drawing from his extensive research on the legal recognition of animals, he will delve into how a rights-based framework can influence the selection of legal frameworks for research. The talk will provide an in-depth analysis of the challenges and opportunities within the rights-based approach to animal protection, followed by a Q&A session where attendees can engage directly with the speaker.
Whether you are a researcher, law student, or someone interested in the intersection of law, ethics, and animal welfare, this event will offer thought-provoking perspectives and foster rich discussions on the evolving landscape of animal rights law.
Speaker
Dr Sean Butler is a prominent scholar and advocate in the field of animal rights law, with a particular focus on the ethical and legal frameworks that govern animal protection. As a co-author of Animal Rights Law (2022) with Dr. Raffael Fasel, Butler has made significant contributions to the academic discourse surrounding the legal recognition of animals as sentient beings and the development of rights-based approaches to animal protection. His research examines the intersections of animal law, ethics, and social justice, exploring how legal systems can better integrate the protection of animals within broader rights frameworks.
Format
The talk is hybrid in nature so you can attend in person or online.
15:30-17:00 – Talk and Q&A: If Not Rights, Then What?: Glorifying the Rights-Based Approach to Animal Protection
17:00-17:30 – networking drinks (only available in-person)
The Multispecies Collective Dialogue Series
The Multispecies Collective Dialogue Series is our series of events that shines a spotlight on non-members’ research or practice toward multispecies flourishing.