ONLINE: 6th International Rights of Nature Tribunal: A New Pledge for Mother Nature
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In-person participation in Belém, Brazil, will also be available. Sign up here: https://lu.ma/oe22cvgo to join us in Belém.
The 6th International Rights of Nature Tribunal continues with its third and final session titled A New Pledge For Mother Nature, a culminating event that will bring together findings, judgments, and reflections from the two previous sessions of this 6th historic Tribunal. Taking place in Belém, this final hearing will center on the most pressing environmental challenges of our time, especially those driven by fossil fuel dependency and extractive models disguised as green transitions. It will revisit the judgments delivered during the previous sessions in New York and Toronto, which addressed the end of the fossil fuel era and corporate and governmental accountability, while positioning the Rights of Nature as a legal and ethical response to the planetary crisis.
Structured around four key pillars, the session will amplify the voices of defenders of Mother Earth and frontline communities resisting extraction frontiers in the Amazon and across the globe. Reflections will also be shared on international initiatives like the Pacto Ecosocial e Intercultural del Sur and the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, drawing connections between grassroots resistance and global efforts to establish Nature as a rights-bearing entity.
One of the central themes of this session is the protection of environmental defenders, who are increasingly criminalized, persecuted, and killed for their work. The Tribunal will present its official policy on the Rights of Defenders of Mother Earth, reinforcing the urgent need for international legal frameworks that guarantee their safety and recognize their role in safeguarding life. Alongside these human-rights-centered conversations, the Tribunal will take a critical stance on mining and false solutions, interrogating narratives of “just transitions” that continue to exploit Nature for profit, while promoting a true transformation rooted in justice and ecological integrity.
The session will close with the presentation of A New Pledge For Mother Nature. This policy document urges the United Nations and the international community to ensure a livable future for all beings.