Global Animal Law: Ethnocentric “Globabble” or a Light in the Dark?

This seminar is hosted by the Centre for Human Rights and the School of Law Research Seminar Series. Our series offers exciting insights into ongoing research projects within the law school and conducted by our external research partners. Our work is often transdisciplinary, dealing with law's relationship with broadly defined social justice, policy-making, science and much more. Join us for invigorating discussion! 

In this session, we hear from Dr Iyan Offor who is a Lecturer in Law at BCU. Iyan conducts interdisciplinary, theoretical research focusing on global animal law, environmental justice, intersectionality, posthumanism and law in the Anthropocene. Iyan is passionate about delivering legal education and research that will lead to the improvement of protections for animals and the environment in law. Iyan has held positions at the Center for Animal Law Studies (Lewis & Clark Law School), the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law & Governance, the Global Animal Law Section of the Max Planck Institute, and the UK Centre for Animal Law. Iyan’s recently completed PhD in the field of global animal law will be published next year with Routledge.

In this session, Dr Offor will give the following presentation, followed by an interactive Q&A.

Abstract

Global animal law has emerged as a discourse and subdiscipline within the realm of animal law, aspiring to better animal protection through global permutations of law. This presentation will explore what global animal law is, why it has emerged, and how it deals with the interaction of animal rights and human rights. This presentation will critique misuse of the “global” moniker as a colonial devise. This requires unpacking the mainstream ethical values that have underpinned animal law developments, and offering alternatives rooted in critical feminist ethics of care, posthumanism, critical race theory, queer theory and other intersectional insights.

If you have any questions, contact Iyan Offor, the Research Seminar Series leader, at iyan.offor@bcu.ac.uk.