Donnerstag, 15. Januar 2026 | 13.00- 18.15 Uhr
Casinotheater Winterthur

Animal Rights: Between Idealism and Realism

The Center for Animal Rights and the Environment (CARE) is a research and learning center dedicated to the study of animal rights and their interdependence with human rights and the environment. At CARE, we are concerned with the protection and status of animals in law and society, as well as the manifold interconnections between animal, human, and environmental rights and sustainability. Animal rights law investigates the current legal treatment of animals, the rights that animals (ought to) have, and future legal developments. Contemporary animal law increasingly operates in the context of pressing ecological challenges: zoonoses, climate change, species extinction. These require us to consider the interdependencies between humans, animals, and the environment and to develop new, holistic approaches, such as One Health or One Rights.
The Center for Animal Rights and the Environment (CARE) is a research and learning center dedicated to the study of animal rights and their interdependence with human rights and the environment. At CARE, we are concerned with the protection and status of animals in law and society, as well as the manifold interconnections between animal, human, and environmental rights and sustainability. Animal rights law investigates the current legal treatment of animals, the rights that animals (ought to) have, and future legal developments. Contemporary animal law increasingly operates in the context of pressing ecological challenges: zoonoses, climate change, species extinction. These require us to consider the interdependencies between humans, animals, and the environment and to develop new, holistic approaches, such as One Health or One Rights.

Datum

Donnerstag, 15. Januar 2026 | 13.00- 18.15 Uhr

Programm

Zeit Thema Referent
13.00 Door opening - registration
13.45 Grusswort Prof. Reto Steiner, Dean of the ZHAW School of Management and Law
13.50 Welcome and introduction
14.00 Tierrechte in der Schweiz – philosophisches Konzept und gerichtliche Entscheidungspraxis Prof. Julia Hänni, Schweizerisches Bundesgericht
14.45 Global Animal Rights and Global Warming Prof. Anne Peters, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
15.30 Coffee break
16.15 Beyond Bentham: A Bill of Rights for Animals Prof. Cass Sunstein, Harvard Law School
17.30 Emerging Animal Rights and their Pluralistic Foundations Prof. Saskia Stucki, ZHAW School of Management and Law and University of Zurich
18.15 Closing remarks

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