The Future of Animal Rights
Reflections from the University
Debate
Free with pre-booking
In these sessions, bringing together different voices from European universities, we will reflect on animal rights and our care obligations toward the other species with which we coexist.
Over the past decades, many voices have emphasised our interdependence with the other species that inhabit the planet, as well as the need to recognise them as subjects of law. The recognition of animal rights is a historical appeal that has led to the creation of new legal instruments without losing sight of the need to envisage alternative forms of coexistence. This is a radical transformation which, given the acceleration of phenomena such as the loss of biodiversity, cannot be postponed and in which universities, as a space for reflection, research and dissemination, play a key role.
The Ministry of Universities has organised these sessions in collaboration with the CCCB to foster spaces for dialogue on contemporary problematics that form part of the Sustainable Development Goals.
From philosophy to law: a new framework for animal rights
10 am – 1:30 pm
In this session, Marta Tafalla, Montserrat Escartín, Pablo Serra-Palao and Susana Monsó will talk about the paths philosophy has taken to activate the possibility of recognising other species as subjects of law.
Alternatives to animal experimentation
3:45 – 5:15 pm
In this session, Lluís Montoliu, Núria Querol, Guillermo Repetto Kuhn and María Pilar Vinardell Martínez-Hidalgo will talk about the ethical implications of animal experimentation and the possibility of developing alternative methods.
The voices of Europe on interspecies ethics
6 pm – 7:30 pm
In this session, led by Alice Di Concetto, Manuel Castells, Núria Almirón and Pim Martens, we will talk about different projects developed in Europe aimed at promoting a new legal and political framework for animal rights.
This activity can be seen live online and will have simultaneous translation service from English to Spansih.
Related contents
Alternatives to animal experimentation
The Future of Animal Rights Reflections from the University
Lluís Montoliu, Núria Querol, Guillermo Repetto Kuhn and María Pilar Vinardell Martínez-Hidalgo talk about the ethical implications of animal experimentation and the possibility of developing alternative methods.
From philosophy to law: a new framework for animal rights
The Future of Animal Rights Reflections from the University
Marta Tafalla, Montserrat Escartín, Pablo Serra-Palao and Susana Monsó talk about the paths philosophy has taken to activate the possibility of recognising other species as subjects of law.
