Resources
Welcome to the Ocean Rights Resource Hub! We offer these resources freely to support a consistent, informed, and unified voice for Ocean Rights—helping advocates, policymakers, and communities speak with clarity and cohesion. A major gap in the Rights of Nature movement has been the lack of coordinated messaging, and we aim to bridge this by providing legally sound, accessible information for all.
Ocean Rights Q & A //
Your Questions on Ocean Rights, Answered
This Ocean Rights FAQ is developed by Ocean Vision Legal, drawing on robust legal research, analysis, and expertise in the Rights of Nature. Our goal is to provide clear, legally grounded answers to key questions about recognising and upholding the inherent rights of the Ocean. Dive in to learn more about the movement.
Universal Declaration of Ocean Rights (UDOR)
The initiative towards a Universal Declaration of Ocean Rights was launched in March 2022 in Genoa, Italy, by The Ocean Race, Earth Law Center, Nature’s Rights and the municipality of Genoa. The UDOR initiative aims to achieve an ethical norm for global Ocean governance by 2030. As a product of the UDOR initiative, ‘We are the Ocean and the Ocean is Us’ was developed with the input of 150+ stakeholders as a living document to establish a robust foundation for socialising a UDOR. The UDOR is currently in a re-strategising phase, contact [email protected] to learn more.
Ocean Rights Communications and
Advocacy Toolkit
The Ocean Rights Communications & Advocacy Toolkit is a free resource for any one (e.g., activist, lawyer, communicator, policymaker) to be an effective advocate on behalf of the movement. The toolkit provides clarity and tips to effectively communicate and advance Ocean Rights based upon 9 years of practical experience leading and drafting Rights of Nature campaigns globally, as well as robust legal analysis and comparative research.
Coming Soon: Papers and Presentations
Adaptation by Ocean Vision Legal of Carducci M. Et. al., Towards an EU Charter of the Fundamental Rights of Nature (2020), Study, Brussels: European Economic and Social Committee, p. 5.