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— 12 April 2023 —

In the matter Re: Rights of Nature — A Staged Hearing

Environment

The project foregrounded Rights Of Nature as an expansion of Right to Life as enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Following on from an earlier project staged as a Commission of Inquiry under the Commission of Inquiry Act 1952, Landscape As Evidence: Artist As Witness, this project employed the format of the NGT in order to explore “principles of natural justice” in the context of environmental justice.

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