By virtue of animals being "sentient" (feeling & conscious) - they have the right not to be violently assaulted by those who CAN be #vegan. It's not a necessity for humans to enslave, harm, and kill #animals.

#veganism #vegans #joy #BeingVeganFeelsGood #AnimalRights #SentientRights #sentience

One Rights: Integrating Human and Animal Rights

The concept of "One Rights" represents a pivotal shift in the understanding and implementation of fundamental rights for animals.

Politics and Rights Review

Still some hope for us in the UK. Protests in Teesside blocked prison boat.

“Teessiders who resisted asylum barge plan say Home Office is out of touch

Exclusive: Group who claimed victory in blocking asylum seeker ‘prison ship’ hope others learn from their success”

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/asylum-barges-teesside-liverpool-pd-ports-peel-ports-local-protest-braverman-home-office/

#HumanRights
#SentientRights
#AsylumSeekers
#OpenDemocracy
#BrokenBritain #ToryFascists

Braverman out of touch, say locals who blocked asylum ship

Exclusive: Teessiders hope others learn from their success in blocking ‘harmful’ plans to house asylum seekers on boats

openDemocracy

We expect animal rights publications to do pieces on animal rights... But maybe it's an even more powerful sign of change when "human rights" publications start publishing them? Thanks OpenGlobalRights for your new "Justice for Animals" Up Close series:

www.openglobalrights.org/up-close/justice-for-animals/#up-close

And going back a while of course #sentientrights: https://www.openglobalrights.org/from-human-rights-to-sentient-rights-the-next-generation-of-rights-thinking/

From Human rights to sentient rights: the next generation of rights thinking

If we grant rights in order to reduce suffering, should we grant rights to everything that can suffer?

OpenGlobalRights

The basis for #HumanRights is our #sentience - our capacity to experience... to suffer or flourish.

That's why we should have #SentientRights:

https://sentientism.info/how/sentient-rights

#UDSR #UniversalDeclarationOfSentientRights

Sentient Rights - Sentientism

From Human Rights to Sentient Rights: the next generation of rights thinking. If we grant rights in order to reduce suffering, shouldn't we grant rights to everyone that can suffer?

Sentientism

"One Rights"

A fascinating proposal for a new approach to human animal and non-human animal rights by Saskia Stucki. Based in part on a recognition of #sentience.

It's academic - but readable. And it's open access (i.e. free!)

#OneRights #SentientRights

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19201-2

One Rights: Human and Animal Rights in the Anthropocene

This open access book brings together the disparate discourses of human and animal rights, and looks at emerging animal rights as new human rights.

SpringerLink
Launch of Saskia Stucki's new book “One Rights: Human and Animal Rights in the Anthropocene” (so #SentientRights?)
Free talk & discussion event this evening (1700 UK time).
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/saskia-stucki-in-talking-animals-law-philosophy-tickets-514301799527
Saskia Stucki in Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy

Launch of Saskia Stucki's new book “One Rights: Human and Animal Rights in the Anthropocene”

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