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Rights of the Deep (2024), is an open letter co-authored by Emma Critchley with Pacific based experts, marine scientists, and legal scholars that takes Pacific Indigenous knowledge as its starting point. It is an important contribution to the newly emerging Rights of Nature movement and reflects on humanity’s relationship with the deep ocean, advocating for its protection.
Full text available here: https://www.resurgence.org/magazine/article6512-rights-of-the-deep.html
RIGHTS OF THE DEEP IS CO-WRITTEN BY:
- Emma Critchley (UK-based artist)
- Mekhala Dave(Legal Researcher at TBA21–Academy and PhD researcher in Art History/Curating at the University of Applied Arts Vienna)
- Pradeep Arjan Singh (Lawyer and Fellow at the Research Institute for Sustainability, Potsdam)
With Pacific-Based Experts:
- Solomon Pili Kahoʻohalahala (Native Hawaiian Elder of the Lā na’i Maunalei Ahupua’a, Maui Nui Makai Network)
- Edwin “Ekolu” Lindsey (President of Maui Cultural Lands)
- Alanna Matamaru Smith (Director Te Ipukarea Society (NGO), Cook Islands)
- Frank Murphy (Programme Director, Tetiaroa Society)
- Quack Pirihi, (Queer Activist, Aotearoa)
- Hinano Teavai-Murphy (President of the Association Te Pu Atitia and Cultural Director of Tetiaroa Society)
Legal Advisors:
- Emily Barritt (Centre for Climate Law and Governance, King’s College London)
- Kristina Gjerde JD, (Senior High Seas Advisor, IUCN Ocean)
Scientific Advisors:
- Rachel Mills (Senior Vice President and Prof of Ocean Chemistry, King’s College London)
- Kerry Howell (Prof of Deep Sea Ecology University of Plymouth, Co-lead of UN Ocean Decade Challenger 150 Programme)
- Maila Guilhon (Research Fellow - The Nippon Foundation - University of Edinburgh Ocean Voices Prog) -
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