Paris’s Seine could be the next river granted legal personhood under plans announced by Mayor Anne Hidalgo yesterday. Paris ...

French authorities want to give legal rights to the River Seine to better defend the world-famous waterway in court and ...

Ville de Paris French authorities want to give legal rights to the River Seine to better defend the world-famous waterway in ...

French authorities are pushing to give the River Seine legal rights, a move they hope will strengthen efforts to protect its ...

French authorities want to give legal rights to the River Seine to better defend the world-famous waterway in court and ...

The mock trial in defense of the Seine River, at the Théâtre de ... Read more Subscribers only Should nature have the same rights as humans? A legal revolution that could change our view of ...

PARIS — The biggest opponent to the swim portion of the triathlon held in the Seine River: E. coli. Bacteria levels in the famed waterway have left organizers of the Paris Games scrambling ...

Paris City Council has called on Parliament to pass a law giving the River Seine rights, so that "an independent guardian authority” can defend it in court, according to yesterday’s resolution.

French authorities want to give legal rights to the River Seine to better defend the world-famous waterway in court and protect its fragile ecosystem, part of a global movement to grant legal ...