15 draft

September 4, 2015August 11, 2016 ~ admin

Here’s the September 4, 2015, draft of the Faunacide Convention. Having this language in place gives the international animal rights, protection, and liberation movement a very specific, well-defined target.

Faunacide Convention | Sept. 4, 2015 draft

NOTES: The key substantive provisions appear in the first four articles. Although adhering closely to the text of the United Nations’ Genocide Convention (1948), this draft leaves institutional identification spaces blank so that any group of nations can agree to it, with or without the UN. That said, bringing the Faunacide Convention into force through the UN will be ideal.

#faunacide #faunacideconvention #environment

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(original pub date: Sept. 4, 2015 (FB))

Faunacide Convention: Drafting with pre-existing Genocide Convention language

August 24, 2015August 11, 2016 ~ admin

It looks like the Faunacide Convention could simply re-use the existing language of the 1948 Genocide Convention in its entirety with but a handful of changes, mainly to Article 2. Adhering to the structure already in place will make it easier for people to understand and embrace.

Here’s a first draft of such a revised Article 2, with changes tracked. Please feel free to send along any language suggestions!

(Original pub date: August 24, 2015 (FB))

1944: The origin of two big words

July 27, 2015August 11, 2016 ~ admin

1944 is a very big year in the etymology of ethics-related words. That year, Raphael Lemkin coined “genocide”, and Donald Watson coined “vegan”. Introduction of these two words helped crystallize cultural recognition of the phenomena so labeled, and that recognition in turn has helped to stimulate (at least some) action.

These two words, meanwhile, beg for a label for the phenomenon that underlies both. Let’s fill the gap. Toward that end, here’s “faunacide”. Comments on how to improve the definition shown in this image?

Faunacide - definition — Faunacide – definition

NOTES: Genocide is, historically, but a very small subset of faunacide. Veganism is, at root, a rejection of faunacide.

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(Original publication date: July 27, 2015 (FB))