The goal of the study is “to set a framework for the legal recognition of the integrated Rights of Nature in the EU legal order, as the fundamental basis of our human right to life, from which all our other rights and freedoms emanate. You can watch the presentation in the video attached to this interview.
She began our conversation with a presentation that she gave summarising the core essence of her proposal in the EU’s European Economic and Social Committee 2020 study titled Towards an EU Charter of the Fundamental Charter for the Rights of Nature, which she co-authored with academic colleagues Massimiliano Montini, Silvia Bagni and Michele Carducci. Mumta Ito is of South African and Indian origin and currently lives in Scotland. Her focus is on realigning law – living and written – with the universal laws that govern all life, and facilitating inner and outer transformation. She also holds a degree in zoology, is an award-winning public speaker, and has facilitated systemic constellation healing workshops around the world. Mumta Ito is one of Europe’s leading experts and advocates for rights of Nature, an advisor to the UN General Assembly, initiator of a European Citizens Initiative to put rights of Nature on the legislative agenda of the EU, and founder of the charity Nature’s Rights.Ī former structured finance lawyer (at top-ranking global law firm Clifford Chance in the City of London, where she advised governments, multinational corporations and investment banks) turned public interest environmental lawyer, Ito set up an NGO in the Caribbean to create a people’s movement that successfully saved an island of global ecological importance and to bring about legislative change.
An interview with Mumta Ito, one of Europe’s leading experts and advocates for rights of Nature
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