WAJ Vision: A World where Justice exists for Animals
For 'Crimes against Animality' to be recognized & forbidden in International law
Existing laws are not enough to protect animal rights to live, be free and well-treated.
It is time to go further for animals. It is time for the legal paradigm shift.
It is time for World Animal Justice. ”
What is World Animal Justice?
World Animal Justice (WAJ) is an international non-profit NGO asking for the fundamental animal rights (to live, be free and well-treated) to be legally recognized and for the crimes against all animals to be prohibited worldwide.
WAJ’s final goal is to have ‘crimes against animality’ & ‘Zoocide’ recognized and forbidden in international law, in the same way that crimes against humanity & Genocide are already, and that crimes against environment & Ecocide are progressing in this sense.
WAJ gathers an Expert group of 20 international animal lawyers (qualified academics, practionners, consultants) from the 5 continents. We are actively working to make concrete proposals to significantly improve animal protection laws based on solid legal expertise. We are sharing our legal proposals in webinars, academic papers, special reports, open-letters and joint position-papers. See WAJ Expert Group: https://
WAJ is working on national, regional and international projects with 7 partnering NGOs: AfA, WMILAR, Charity doings, Humanisma, ADDA, IALA, Derecho Animal Perù. More on WAJ Partners here: https://
WAJ current projects consist in establishing the world map of national criminal laws with a regional approach, starting with Asia-Pacific through the ‘Asia-Pacific Animal Law Overview’ (APALO) project. More on WAJ Projects here: https://
World Animal Justice (WAJ) is dedicated to advance animal justice worldwide.
WAJ unique group of international animal law experts is working to End Animal Crimes & Defend Animal Rights.
WAJ is paving the way for ‘Crimes against animality’ to be recognized and ultimately forbidden in international criminal law.
- WAJ is engaged in developing new law proposals and tools to share knowledge and comparative analysis.
- WAJ aims to provide an global platform to international criminal-animal law academics and advocates.
- From theory to practice, our proposals are based on a solid expertise and translated into concrete actions.
- WAJ is dedicated to combat animal crimes with laws at National, Regional and International/UNiversal levels.
Why do we need World Animal Justice ?
2/3 of the world’s countries have adopted national laws to condemn cruel acts towards animals.
However, there is NO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW INSTRUMENT addressing and banning animal cruelty worldwide.
World Animal Justice actions aim to fill this GAP in order to ask for Global Animal Protection in international law.
Last but not least, WAJ stands that the worst cruel criminal acts against animals need to be globally banned.
Animals are scientifically and legally recognized as sentient beings whose welfare and fundamental rights should be respected.
WAJ aims to go further and foster animal protection laws for their fundamental rights to be legally ensured and protected worldwide.
WAJ mission End animal crimes & Defend animal rights
WAJ Goals
WAJ aims at making ‘crimes against animality’ recognized and ultimately forbidden in international law.
« Crimes against animality » can be defined by analogy with the « Crimes against humanity » that are listed under the Art. 7 of the Rome Statute defining the Crimes against humanity as such: Extermination; Enslavement; Deportation or forcible transfer of population; Imprisonment ; Torture; Sexual violences; Persecution etc.
Similar crimes happens for millions of animals everyday, in a legal way for exploited animals.
WAJ asks to ban the crimes against animality (concerning all categories of animals: farmed, wild, captive, companion, stray, lab animals, used for work, sports, shows, tourism etc.) to protect the lives of trillions of animals every year worldwide.
WAJ is advocating for the fundamental animal rights to be legally enshrined and protected in UNiversal law.
Similarly to humans, animals have the fundamental interests to live, to be free and not to be harmed.
WAJ asks for these fundamental intests to be legally protected at the global level, such as the « human rights » are protected under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR, 1948).
By analogy, a text for the universal recognition of animal rights can include similar recognition of the Right to Life, Liberty, Personal Security » (UDHR, art.3); « Freedom from Slavery » (UDHR, art.4); « Freedom from Torture and Degrading Treatment » (UDHR, art.5). See the proposal for a Universal Declaration of Animal Rights proclaimed at UNESCO in 1978.
WAJ Actions
. Go FAR: For Animal Rights
For the global legal protection of animal fundamental rights to live, to be free and well-treated.
. Take ACTION: Animal Crimes Time is Over Now
For Crimes against animality and Zoocide to be recognized and forbidden in international law.
WAJ Strategy: From theory to practice
. THEORY
Provide a solid definition and theory of the ‘crimes against animality’ and ‘Zoocide’ in international law.
. PRACTICE
Set up concrete actions for ‘crimes against animality’ and ‘Zoocide’ to be recognized and progressively forbidden in international law.
