Proceedings and Declaration - Rights of Nature - Geneva Forum 2025

Rights of Nature – For non-anthropocentric ecological justice

17th Geneva Forum – Théâtre du Centre l’Espérance, Geneva – Thursday, December 11, 2025 afternoon

14th Annual International Conference on the Rights of Nature for Peace and Development;
The Rights of Nature: cross-cutting impact projects for International Geneva.

Gathered in Geneva, the participants of the Annual International Conference on the Rights of Nature worked on the transition from principles to concrete implementation: legal recognition of ecosystems, rights of the Ocean, governance with Nature, informal education, transformation of narratives, and articulation between Human Rights and the Rights of Nature.

The session confirmed that the Rights of Nature are no longer only a matter of ethical intuition or legal advocacy. They are gradually becoming a structured field of action, supported by constitutional, citizen, judicial, economic, educational, territorial and international initiatives.

Recognizing the Rights of Nature does not mean adding a new subject to law: it means changing the starting point of our decisions.

This declaration summarizes the main elements exchanged during the conference, the lessons drawn from the presentations, the operational positions proposed for 2026, as well as the calls for partnerships addressed to legal, institutional, educational, scientific, economic, territorial and citizen actors.



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Constat général issu des présentations

Les présentations et échanges de l’après-midi ont convergé vers un constat central : la reconnaissance des Droits de la Nature devient un levier structurant pour repenser le droit, l’économie, l’éducation, la gouvernance et les politiques publiques à partir du vivant.

  • Les Droits de la Nature permettent de dépasser une approche où la Nature est seulement considérée comme :
    • une ressource,
    • un décor,
    • un objet de protection,
    • ou un simple support des activités humaines.
  • Ils invitent à reconnaître les écosystèmes, les espèces, les rivières, les zones humides, l’Océan et les autres entités vivantes comme :
    • sujets de droits,
    • parties prenantes,
    • sources de responsabilité,
    • partenaires de gouvernance,
    • et fondements matériels des Droits humains.
  • Le passage à l’échelle du mouvement repose désormais sur plusieurs conditions :
    • documenter les initiatives existantes,
    • renfor


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