It Is Time For Nature To Have Rights. | Justin Sobian | TEDxPortofSpain
Although not a new concept Justin Sobion challenges us to reevaluate to whom we are affording rights. In this striking comparison, he asks us to question why we are granting legal personage to inanimate entities such as organizations and robots but disregarding the environment that sustains us. This environment that like us, has the ability to live and die. Justin challenges us to treat the earth the same regard that we do human life. Justin Sobion, international lawyer and artist, although seemingly contradictory, these two professions compliment each other beautifully, as to be an exemplary lawyer, one must have a creative mind. Justin is a graduate from the University of West Indies and the Hugh Wooding Law School. He was admitted to practise law in Trinidad and Tobago (2002) and Dominica (2008). He also holds a Masters in International Law from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Justin served as a diplomat at Trinidad and Tobago’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
Currently he is researching for his PhD on Environmental Law at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Outside of the law, Justin is an artist with his work being showcased in the Caribbean and parts of Europe.
In 2019, he launched his book The West Indian Lawyer – a biography on the life and times of his late father Keith Sobion. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx