Our report “For a More Humane Union” is out now! This report is the first-of-its-kind comprehensive legal review of EU farm animal welfare legislation, in preparation of its revision in the coming years.
This White Paper advocates for a complete change in the way EU animal welfare legislation is discussed, drafted, and implemented; and offers solutions to address the particular issues posed by low-quality legal drafting and the over- complicated procedures to amend secondary and tertiary legislation.
In this report, you will find:
– An overview of the evolution of EU farm animal welfare laws over the past five decades
– Detailed explanations on the role played by the different actors and institutions other than the Legislature in shaping these laws, such as the European Food Safety Authority or the European Court of Justice.
– Factsheets summarizing the different rules in each of the farm animal welfare laws.
– Factsheets detailing the different shortcomings that can be found in these acts, followed by a list of recommendations on how to redress such shortcomings in the course of the next revision.
While we await the outcome of the EU Court of Justice hearing about whether the European Commission has to deliver on its commitment to ban cages, our latest factsheet outlines why this long-overdue step is so crucial.
Alice Di Concetto (directrice) était interrogée dans la revue de l’association française des docteurs en droit « Signatures Internationales » sur la mission de l’Institut et le rôle qu’il joue dans le développement du droit de l’animal.
Anatole Poinsot (conseiller juridique) a contribué à l’ouvrage collectif Droit et animaux d’élevage (dirigé par Adrienne Bonnet) avec un chapitre consacré à la législation européenne sur la protection des animaux durant le transport.
