Today, the safety and peace of humanity are greatly threatened by the intensifying US-China conflict, the Russia-Ukraine war, and new environmental and ecological risks such as climate change and the coronavirus.
No country is immune to severe climate disasters such as droughts, floods, heatwaves, and wildfires caused by carbon emissions. nor threats such as the emergence of new variants caused by an imbalance in the ecosystem. These problems are challenges for the entire human race and cannot be resolved without global solidarity and cooperation.
To overcome climate disasters and ecological crises and move toward a sustainable society, fundamental reflection on human-centered perspectives and systems must be preceded.
Recently, at home and abroad, legislation to increase social responsibility by granting legal rights to animals, plants, and natural objects with high environmental value is being made. Such meaningful efforts are also ongoing in Jeju as we discuss granting ‘eco legal person’ to Indo-pacific bottlenose dolphins, a barometer of the marine ecosystem.
As we explore establishing this new relationship between nature and humans, we look forward to reaching a social consensus on the legal level and sharing achivements made with the international community, thereby contributing to the sustainable development of mankind.
In this session, world-class scholars and domestic experts will discuss the new coexisting relationship between nature and humans. Participants will also share various legal systems at home and abroad, including Jeju’s case of granting Indo-pacific bottlenose dolphins an eco legal person, and explore potential areas of cooperation.