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NYU School of Law and its faculty, students, alumni, centers and programs are frequently featured in the media. The following lists recent news stories, interviews and op-eds.

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"Youth and women find success in taking climate cases to court"
07/09/2025
MongaBay
Expert: César Rodríguez-Garavito
"How Recognizing Nature as an Artist Is Helping Protect It"
05/05/2025
Sierra Club Magazine
Quoted: César Rodríguez-Garavito
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"Researchers are Using AI to Understand what Animals are Saying"
04/24/2025
Time
Coauthor: César Rodríguez-Garavito
"Whales could one day defend themselves in court—and in their own words"
04/24/2025
National Geographic
Featured: César Rodríguez-Garavito, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice
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"How to use the law to save the planet | Against All Odds"
04/16/2025
MongaBay
Expert: César Rodríguez-Garavito
Can a forest write a song? Ecuador copyright claim puts 'rights of nature' to the test
10/30/2024
CBC
Featured: César Rodríguez-Garavito, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice
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Legal bid for Ecuador forest to be recognised as song co-creator
10/25/2024
The Guardian
Featured: César Rodríguez-Garavito, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice
"The Rights of Nature Prevail Again in Ecuador"
09/11/2024
Yes Magazine
Expert: César Rodríguez-Garavito
"AI Could Help Us Talk to Animals—But Should It?"
08/20/2024
Atmos
Expert: César Rodríguez-Garavito
"Are Rights of Nature Working?"
08/08/2024
Verfassungsblog
Authors: César Rodríguez-Garavito and Melina De Bona
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"Youth Climate Rights Case Makes Lasting Mark Despite Near Defeat"
07/17/2024
Bloomberg Law
Expert: César Rodríguez-Garavito
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"This Ecuadorian forest thrived amid deforestation after being granted legal rights"
06/14/2024
BBC
Expert: César Rodríguez-Garavito
"Should forests have rights?"
03/19/2024
The Guardian's "Science Weekly" podcast
Featured: César Rodríguez-Garavito
The Atlantic
"How First Contact With Whale Civilization Could Unfold"
02/24/2024
The Atlantic
Expert: César Rodríguez-Garavito
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"UK government can never accept idea nature has rights, delegate tells UN"
02/22/2024
The Guardian
Expert: César Rodríguez-Garavito
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"Could 2024 be the year nature rights enter the political mainstream?"
01/01/2024
The Guardian
Expert: César Rodríguez-Garavito
"Your 2023 Climate Wins, Wrapped"
12/18/2023
Atmos
Expert: César Rodríguez-Garavito
"Will Digital IDs Deliver for the Rwandan People?"
08/03/2023
Africa Policy Research Institute's "The Africa Hour: podcast
Featured: Katelyn Cioffi
"'A revolutionary time': How law and science are working together to secure the rights of nature"
08/02/2023
The Wave
Expert: César Rodríguez-Garavito
"The challenges and promises of climate lawsuits"
05/11/2023
Knowable Magazine
Expert: César Rodríguez-Garavito
"The next climate battle in the courts is over mental health"
07/07/2022
Grist
Expert: César Rodríguez-Garavito
"Flora, Fauna, and … Funga? The Case for a Third ‘F.’"
08/09/2021
Undark
Expert: César Rodríguez-Garavito
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"‘One more mine does make a difference’: Australian children argue for the climate – and the law agrees"
07/09/2021
Guardian
Expert: César Rodríguez-Garavito
"The Fight to Secure Rights for Rainforests"
04/22/2021
Anthropology Magazine
Expert: César Rodríguez-Garavito
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"The human right that benefits nature"
03/16/2021
BBC
Expert: César Rodríguez-Garavito