Animal rights: national domestic legislation as a legal barrier to the recognition of subjectivity legal animal

• Main Author: Brayan Herrera Silva
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad Santo Tomás 2018-04-01
• Series: Via Inveniendi Et Iudicandi
• Subjects: animales; sujetos de derecho; discriminación; derecho; subjetividad jurídica animal; barrera legal
• Online Access: https://revistas.usantotomas.edu.co/index.php/viei/article/view/4266

Whenever reference is made to the legal subjects, the term is usually assimilated to the concept of person, understanding the latter as the only conception that exists within the category of subjects of rights without including other conceptions such as that of subject of legal relevance, subject of special protection, etc. Thus, the present work addresses the issues that revolve around the legal status of animals within the Colombian legal system, so as to make it possible to identify whether these can be recognized as subjects of rights and if, this recognition is possible, does it extend to all animals or it is diminish by the anthropocentric conception immersed in Colombian law, which constitutes legal barriers for the recognition of an animal legal subjectivity of all beings that have been historically subjected to human practices.