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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 18h

Professor Sunstein's Lecture will begin at 4:30 pm, and it will be followed by a Q&A and drinks reception.

Tickets are going fast! Reserve your free ticket at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cass-r-sun... (5/5)

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Cass R. Sunstein - Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law's Annual Lecture

Join us for this year's Annual Animal Rights Law Lecture, delivered by distinguished professor and author Cass R. Sunstein.

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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 18h

Professor Sunstein has testified before congressional committees on many subjects, and he has advised officials at the United Nations, the European Commission, the World Bank, and many nations on issues of law and public policy. (4/5)

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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 18h

From 2009 to 2012, he was Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. After that, he served on the President’s Review Board on Intelligence and Communications Technologies and on the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Board. (3/5)

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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 18h

In 2018, Professor Sunstein received the Holberg Prize from the government of Norway. In 2020, the World Health Organization appointed him as Chair of its technical advisory group on Behavioural Insights and Sciences for Health. (2/5)

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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 18h

One week until our next Annual Lecture! 🐾

Join us on 15 October @cambridgelaw.bsky.social from 4 pm for our Annual Animal Rights Law Lecture.

Professor Cass Sunstein (hls.harvard.edu) will deliver a lecture on ‘Beyond Kant and Bentham: A Bill of Rights for Nonhuman Animals’. (1/5)

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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 2d

Animals are at the heart of all we do at the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law. If you want to learn more about the legal rights of non-human animals around the world, check out our website at animalrightslaw.org. (2/2)

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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 2d

Last weekend, we celebrated World Animal Day! 🐀

World Animal Day's goal is to unite the animal welfare movement and mobilise it into a global force to make the world a better place for all animals. (1/2)

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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 6d

Her legacy of championing animal rights, planet protection, and passion will continue to inspire change for decades to come. 🌍 (2/2)

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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 6d

A voice for animals, a beacon of hope, a fierce advocate for our planet.

Today, we mourn the loss of Dr Jane Goodall. A primatologist, zoologist, anthropologist, and beyond, she brought humans closer to non-human animals through her groundbreaking research and tireless advocacy. (1/2)

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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 8d

Season 1 looks back on how it all began, starting with a peek into the earliest animal welfare laws.

Listen to Animal Rights Tour on...

Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1CPveW0...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Podbean: animalrightstour.podbean.com/e/s1e1-anima...
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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 8d

What better day to launch a podcast than International Podcast Day? 🎉

We are thrilled to announce the Centre's podcast Animal Rights Tour is live!

The podcast offers bitesized episodes that explore the past, present, and potential future of animal rights law. (1/2)

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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 13d

Doors open for ticket holders at 4:00 pm, and non-ticket holders will be welcomed in from 4:15 pm. Last year tickets sold out quickly, so be sure to secure your ticket soon!

Get your free ticket today at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cass-r-sun... (3/3)

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Cass R. Sunstein - Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law's Annual Lecture

Join us for this year's Annual Animal Rights Law Lecture, delivered by distinguished professor and author Cass R. Sunstein.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 13d

Professor Cass Sunstein (Harvard Law School) will be delivering this year's Lecture on ‘Beyond Kant and Bentham: A Bill of Rights for Nonhuman Animals’. (2/3)

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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 13d

Tickets are available for our 2025 Annual Animal Rights Law Lecture! 🎟️

Join us for this free event on 15 October at Cambridge University's Faculty of Law. (1/3)

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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 14d

Sunstein’s lecture is titled "Beyond Kant and Bentham: A Bill of Rights for Nonhuman Animals" and will be delivered on 15 October at Cambridge University's Faculty of Law.

Keep an eye on our social media channels for more information and a link to tickets later this week! (4/4)

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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 14d

He has testified before congressional committees, appeared on national television and radio shows, been involved in constitution-making and law reform activities in a number of nations, and written many articles and books. (3/4)

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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 14d

Sunstein is the founder and director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy at Harvard Law School, and he is the most cited law professor in the United States. (2/4)

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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 14d

We are delighted to announce the date and speaker for our next Annual Lecture! 🎉

Our speaker for 2025 is Cass R. Sunstein, a distinguished professor, legal scholar, and author. (1/4)

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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 16d

In the interview, Raffael discusses his book More Equal Than Others: Humans and the Rights of Other Animals? (2024). 📙

Read the interview here:
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anim...

Want to check out the book? Go to global.oup.com/academic/pro... (2/2)

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Granting Rights to Animals Doesn't Undermine Human Rights

In proposing the Species Membership Approach, Raffael Fasel argues against the misplaced fears that granting legal rights and personhood to nonhumans would weaken human rights.

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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 16d

Our Co-Director @raffaelfasel.bsky.social was recently interviewed by Marc Bekoff (Ph.D., professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder) for Psychology Today. (1/2)

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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 20d

Congratulations to all involved! 🎉

Read more about the workshop here: www.eltelegrafo.com/2025/08/exis... (3/3)

¿Existen los derechos de los animales? Las enseñanzas de Cambridge

Un gran evento de formación, declarado de interés por la Embajada Uruguaya en Argentina, se realizó en Buenos Aires con la participación de operadores del derecho de varios países de América, organiza...

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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 20d

This workshop was organised by the Lawyers Association Animal Rights Institute (San Martin, Buenos Aires) and the Animal Rights Commission of the Montevideo Bar Association (Uruguay). It was held at the National Academy of Sciences of Argentina (Buenos Aires). (2/3)

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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 20d

Last month, Dr Carolina Leiva Ilabaca (Junior Research Associate at the Centre) delivered a 3-day workshop on Animal Rights Law to a group of lawyers, judges, and public prosecutors from Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and Ecuador. (1/3)

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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 22d

Want to participate in one of our Law Lecturers' Workshops? Sign up to our newsletter to be the first to hear about our Centre's events! (2/2)

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Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law @animalrightslaw.bsky.social · 22d

Well done to our 2025 Cambridge Law Lecturers' Workshop attendees! 👏

From 8-12 September, they discussed strategies of how to put together an Animal Rights Law syllabus, explored readings to include in their course, shared techniques on how to engage students, and more. (1/2)

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