14.01.2025
Dr. Dr. h.c. Antoine F. Goetschel (Global Animal Law Association): Animal Welfare – Representation Now, Rights Maybe Later: Urgent Measures on the Regional, National and Global Level

As the largest marginalised group in society in terms of numbers, animals are currently under pressure in law, business and society. The fate of so-called farm animals, laboratory animals, pets, wild animals, and sporting animals is darkening in times of emotional and economic constraints. What incentives can be used to promote animal welfare and animal health, including aspects of One Health, pandemic prevention, and antibiotic resistance, in Hamburg, Germany and worldwide? Does the issue of an animal advocate in court and administrative proceedings belong on the agenda of regional and national governments or the United Nations – for example, with the draft UN Convention on Animal Health and Protection (UNCAHP)? As the world’s only former official “animal lawyer”, Swiss lawyer, author and president of the Global Animal Law GAL Association, the speaker will take us by the hand on his journey into the legal “animal” world with pragmatic visions.