Table Mountain Rights

Mother Earth Day - 22 April
We look at Table Mountain, an ancient presence that witnessed forests breathe, oceans gather, and life unfold long before us. She has endured all that humanity has celebrated, destroyed, and forgotten.

On this Earth Day, we honour the fynbos, the rivers, the aquifers, and all species that belong here. We stand for Mother Earth.

We are not separate from Nature; we are in relationship with her, but the law does not recognise this. It reduces the living world to objects, to things to be owned, used, separated and disposed.

If Nature is alive, why is she still treated as an object in law?

Wild Law Institute

Eco Jurisprudence stronger and stronger

Eco Jurisprudence - International Momentum is Growing Guest Opinion As the Rights of Nature movement gains momentum, courts are adding to the jurisprudence on how to interpret these rights from existing legal documents. Legislatures are also drafting new laws to recognize the Rights of Nature. I previously wrote about this growing movement in the Unite...

On 30 March 2026, the Wild Law Institute, together with 20 African organisations from across the continent, submitted a landmark amicus brief to the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights.
The brief argues that the climate crisis cannot be addressed without recognising the intrinsic value of Nature, the fact that humans are part of Nature, the interdependence of all life, and the obligations of States to protect both human and more-than-human beings, in present and future generations.
It brings African legal traditions, Earth jurisprudence, and the Rights of Nature into the heart of climate law, calling for accountability, ecological integrity, and justice.