Causes: Animal Protection & Welfare, Animals

Mission: The Nonhuman Rights Project is focused on establishing legal personhood and fundamental rights for nonhuman animals through three key pillars: litigation, legislation, and education. Through them we aim to create a robust framework for the recognition and protection of fundamental nonhuman animal rights grounded in longstanding values of principles of justice. The first stage of this work is a legal fight for great apes, elephants, dolphins, and whales’ fundamental right to bodily liberty.

Geographic areas served: USA and worldwide

Programs: Litigation: Filing groundbreaking lawsuits to recognize and protect nonhuman animals’ fundamental rights. Legislation: Working with local governments to enact the world’s nonhuman animal rights laws. Education: Raising awareness of the importance of and legal basis for nonhuman animal rights and providing resources to empower people to join the fight.