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PE2131: Grant Scottish rivers, including the River Clyde, the legal right to personhood

Petition Summary

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to grant the River Clyde, and potentially other rivers in Scotland, the legal right to personhood by:

• adopting the Universal Declaration on the Rights of Rivers
• appointing a Nature Director to act as a guardian of the River Clyde, with the responsibility for upholding its river rights
• considering whether an alternative mechanism should be established to act for the rights of the river, its inhabitants (human and non-human), and society at large.

Petitioner: Professor Louise Welsh and Jude Barber on behalf of The Empire Café

Status: Under consideration

Date published: 13 December 2024

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