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Philosophy and the Nonhuman Rights Movement

The Swiss Citizens’ Initiative for Primate Rights Goes to Court

Watercolor illustration of a chimpanzee next to a tree.

Habeas Corpus Experts Offer Support for Chimpanzee Rights Cases

Today a group of philosophers submitted an amicus curiae brief in support of the NhRP's chimpanzee rights cases on behalf of Tommy and Kiko.

Philosophers Offer Support For Chimpanzee Rights Cases

NhRP Continues Legal Fight For Elephant Rights In Connecticut

Team Kaavan’s #RumbleForRights for Elephants

CWI: We Must Lift the Law Out of the 19th Century and Recognize Elephants’ Rights

Save Nosey Now: Elephants Aren’t Ours To Use and Abuse

Why This Conservation Research Scientist Joined the Fight for Nonhuman Rights for Elephants

Film Review: Okja Deserves Rights as More than a Golden Pig

Book Review: Reimagining Humanity & the Uncomfortability of Black Veganism

NhRP attorneys analyze the court's legally wrong ruling.

Why the First Department’s Decision In Our Chimpanzee Rights Cases Is Wildly Wrong

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