WAJ Mission: Advancing Legal Justice for Animals Worldwide
What is WAJ? NGO Working for the Legal Protection of Animal Rights and the Global Prohibitions of Animal Crimes
“ Massive crimes against animals still legally happen everyday worldwide. Existing laws are not enough to protect animals' fundamental rights to live, be free and well-treated. It is time to go further for animals. It is time for a legal paradigm shift. It is time for a World of Animal Justice. ”
Dr Sabine BRELS
WAJ Founder
WAJ Mission: Defend Animal Rights - End Animal Crimes
WAJ Approach
- Go FAR: For Animal Rights
WAJ advocates for the legal protection of fundamental animal rights to live, to be free and well-treated.
- Take ACTION: Animal Crime Time Is Over Now
WAJ works for ‘crimes against animality’ and ‘zoocide’ to be recognized and prohibited in international law.
WAJ Strategy
From THEORY…
Provide legal solutions to globally ban ‘crimes against animality‘ and ‘zoocide‘ (analogy with ‘crimes against humanity/’genocide’ & ‘ecocide’)
To PRACTICE
Set up concrete actions to achieve these bans in supranational law. Notably, WAJ advocates for a new Art.7 bis on ‘crimes against animality’ in the Rome Statute of the ICC and for animal crimes live live-exports to be recognized under the EU and the UN Transnational Organized Crimes).
WAJ Top Priority: Stopping Industrial Farming Zoocide
Key Benefits of Globally Ending Factory Farming
✅ Over 200 billion farmed terrestrial and trillions aquatic animals would be saved each year
✅ Wildlife populations would also benefit, as factory farming is a major driver of biodiversity loss
✅ Ecosystems would be preserved, reducing pollution, deforestation, desertification, and eutrophication
✅ Human health would improve, reducing zoonotic spillovers and lowering risk of satured-fat diseases
✅ A shift toward more ethical, sustainable, and healthy food systems—ensuring a better future for all
