Calenda Announcement 1,433,132 (excerpts)
From January 12 to 15, 2027, in Strasbourg, the Hubert Curien Interdisciplinary Institute and the Center for International and European Studies are hosting three days dedicated to animal law and one day on ethology as applied to law and ethics.
Can we grant the status of “non-human persons” to great apes? Can we do the same for a worm or an ant? Where do we draw the line? These sessions will provide an opportunity to debate the distinction between sensitivity and sentience, and to explore what ethology contributes to legal reasoning.
On the agenda: the history and development of animal law, the legal status of animals in France, European and international comparative law, religious traditions, scientific research, companion animals, captivity, the food chain, the patentability of living organisms, and constitutional protection. The final day will be devoted to animal ethics, animal consciousness, ontologies, and anthropomorphism, as well as animal welfare.
These sessions are organized with the support of the IPHC (UMR 7178, CNRS and University of Strasbourg), the CEIE (UR 7307), the Chair in Culture and Conservation of Great Apes, and the Foundation for Animal Law, Ethics, and Sciences (LFDA).
