The Whanganui River- a legal person -New Zealand
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The Whanganui River in New Zealand
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There are hundreds of thousands of rivers in the world, but this is only one river that has all legal right equal to any alive person has in the country.
It is a relatively short river, flowing 180 miles through New Zealand’s North Island. But it isn’t just any old river. In all over the world this only river has been considered extremely sacred ground by New Zealand’s indigenous people, the Maori, for many years. So sacred, in fact, that the New Zealand government in 2017 decided to declare it a legal person. No one dare destroy or dames it.
That’s right, the Whanganui River has been given all the legal rights and powers of a human being.
What this means is that, if people pollute or tries to neglect the river, those people can theoretically be charged with assault (alternatively, the river itself can sue the person or also sue for damages).
Even more surprisingly, if a person somehow managed to singlehandedly destroy or irreparably disrupt the river, they could technically be charged with murder.
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