Michelle Bender
Aug 69 min
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OCEAN VISION LEGAL
LAWYERS FOR THE OCEAN
We are saving the Ocean through law
OUR ACTIOn AREAS
Ocean Litigation
We hold State and other actors accountable for their actions.
Ocean Guardianship
We offer legal expertise to organisations, people and communities whose livelihoods depend on a healthy Ocean.
SUPPORT OUR MISSION
Support a Project
Engage in our ongoing projects by supporting specific actions, such as litigation and advocacy work or hire us for your own project.
Support OVL as a whole
Support OVL as a whole directly or through fiscal sponsorship programs.
Become an Ocean Guardian
Fund our Ocean Guardianship project, so we can provide free counseling to Indigenous peoples and those communities who are affected most by adverse human impacts on the Ocean.
OUR PARTNERS EMPOWER OUR WORK
YOUR TEAM
DR. ANNA VON REBAY LL.M.
CEO | LAWYER |
HEAD OF OCEAN LITIGATION
MICHELLE BENDER
LEGAL COUNSEL |
HEAD OF OCEAN RIGHTS
SAMANTHA ROBB
SENIOR ASSOCIATE |
DEEP SEA MINING
ACHIEVEMENTS
Our dedication to protecting the Ocean is limitless.
These are only examples of what we do.
Litigation against Germany for allowing bottom trawling in Marine Protected Areas
Communication procedures to the Human Rights Special Rapporteurs
Legal assessments and consultation, such as for the He Whakaputanga Moana Declaration that acknowledges Rights of the great Whales
Advisory Opinions to international courts and tribunals concerning
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bottom trawling
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deep seabed mining
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designation of MPAs
BLOG POSTS
LATEST NEWS
Fair Planet
Could the Ocean attain Legal Rights?
Guardian
‘All threats to the sea come from humans’: how lawyers are gearing up to fight for the Oceans
Merkur
Weßling Attorney Fights for the Ocean: Giving the Sea a Voice in Court
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