For the Establishment of the International Rights of Nature Tribunal

Signed December 2015 ~ Paris, France ~   Printable Tribunal Convention

Preamble.
Article 1. Establishment of Tribunal
Article 2 Purpose of Tribunal
Article 3 Constitution of Tribunal
Article 4 Secretariat
Article 5 Earth Defender’s Office
Article 6 Members of Tribunal
Article 7 Electoral College
Article 8 Regional chambers of Tribunal
Article 9 Signatories to the Convention
Article 10 Register of Parties
Article 11 Conference of Parties
Article 12 Finances
Article 13 Transitional Arrangements
Article 14 Interpretation
Article 15 Entry into force of Convention

Preamble

We, the peoples and nations of Earth:

understanding that we are all part of Earth, an indivisible, living community of interrelated and interdependent beings with a common destiny;

conscious that the economic, political, legal and social systems established by the industrial and consumerist cultures that dominate the world today are putting life as we know it at risk through phenomena such as climate change, ocean acidification, desertification, the destruction, degradation and pollution of ecological communities and the mass extinction of species;

recognising that international and national legal systems and institutions have proved to be inadequate to protect Earth and the rights of all beings, including human beings and future generations;

determined to take urgent, decisive, and collective action to transform structures and systems that are threatening the health, integrity and functioning of many beings who are an integral part of Earth;

responding to the mandate from the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, convened in Tiquipaya Cochabamba Bolivia in April 2010, and in particular to:

(a)  the call in the Indigenous People’s Declaration adopted on 21 April, 2010 for the establishment of a climate justice tribunal with the full and effective participation of indigenous peoples, and their principles of justice;

(b)  the call in the Final Declarati