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3 Mid-Atlantic J. on L. & Pub. Pol'y 10 (2015)
Global Animal Law: Hope beyond Illusion: The Potential and Potential Limits of International Law in Regulating Animal Matters

handle is hein.journals/midatlapp3 and id is 11 raw text is: ARTICLES GLOBAL ANIMAL LAW: HOPE BEYOND ILLUSION: THE POTENTIAL AND POTENTIAL LIMITS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN REGULATING ANIMAL MATTERS By: Charlotte E. Blattner I. IN T R O D U C T IO N ............................................................................................................... 1 0 II. THE NEED TO REGULATE ANIMAL MATTERS............................................12 III. EXISTING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY OPTIONS............18 A. National Policy Options .................................. 19 B. International Policy Options .................... .......... 23 a. Global Animal Law: International and Regional.............................. 24 i. International Conventions................................................................. 24 ii. Nascent International Conventions and Declarations ..........29 iii. Custom ary International Law ......................................................... 30 iv. International Case Law ...................................................................... 31 v. Practice of International Organizations....................................... 35 1. The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) ............35 2. The European Union (EU) ........... ... ........... 36 C. Interim Conclusion .................................... 40 IV. EVALUATING INTERNATIONAL LAW IN ITS ROLE OF REGULATING A N IM A L M A T T E R S........................................................................................................ . 4 0 A. Advantages and Disadvantages of International Law in Regulating A nim al M atters ... ...... ......................................... ................................. 4 0 B. Alternatives to the Regulation of Animal Matters on the International P la n e .................................................................................................................................. 4 4 V . C O N C LU SIO N ................................................................................................. 4 9 I. INTRODUCTION Global animal law is a novel and promising discrete branch of international law. This area of law acknowledges the trans- boundary reality of human-animal interactions and demands, which must accordingly also be global in nature.' Global animal law is multi-directional. It operates horizontally as comparative animal law. It also engages in vertical research, studying animal law on the international, supranational and regional level. The increasing emergence of animal matters on the international plane, and their newly gained prominence in public discussion of international character, are argued to give hope beyond illusion - the hope that ' See, Global Animal Law, MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR COMPARATIVE PUBLIC LAW AND INTERNATIONAL LAW, http://www.mpil.de/en/pub/research/details/projects/public-int_1aw/gl obal animal-law.cfm. 10