Declaration on Great Apes

The Great Ape Project, founded by Australian philosopher Peter Singer, is campaigning to have the United Nations endorse a Declaration on Great Apes. This would extend what the project calls the "community of equals" to chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orang-utans.

Related Topics:
Great Ape Project - Peter Singer - United Nations - Chimpanzee - Bonobo - Gorilla - Orang-utan

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The declaration seeks to extend to non-human great apes the protection of three basic interests: the right to life, the protection of individual liberty, and the prohibition of torture.

Related Topics:
Liberty - Torture

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