BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Harvard Law School//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Harvard Law School - Events X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://hls.harvard.edu/calendar/ X-WR-CALDESC:Harvard Law School - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260218T2131Z-1771450284.3225-EO-741102-1@10.73.6.187 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260409T210219Z CREATED:20260218T200733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T140749Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260310T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260310T131500 SUMMARY: Guardians for the Voiceless: Judging Animal Rights and Nature Righ ts in Pakistan DESCRIPTION: Join us for talk with Justice Athar Minallah\, a Pakistani jur ist\, former Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court\, and former judge o f the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Justice Minallah will explore the pioneeri ng role of Pakistani courts in recognizing the legal rights of non-humans a nd articulating the corresponding constitutional and moral obligations huma ns owe […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for talk with Justice Athar Minall ah\, a Pakistani jurist\, former Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court\ , and former judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Justice Minallah will explore the pioneering role of Pakistani courts in recognizing the leg al rights of non-humans and articulating the corresponding constitutional a nd moral obligations humans owe to animals\, ecosystems\, and nature. Drawi ng on his landmark jurisprudence – including decisions affirming that anima ls possess legal and natural rights – he will reflect on how courts can exp and the boundaries of justice beyond the human sphere.

LOCATION:Hauser Hall\; 104 Lumbard Classroom GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="API User":MAILTO:api@law.harvard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://hls.harvard.edu/events/guardians-for-the-voiceless-ju dging-animal-rights-and-nature-rights-in-pakistan/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20260308T070000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR