We're working on a charter for the River Char

 For more information about what a charter means, benefits it offers and how it might work please read the drafts on this page and see 'Our Sources' for further information.

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Our draft charter(s) 

We have drafted:

• a Charter for the River Char based on the River Dart charter (see sources on this page).
• a Declaration of Rights for the River Char based on the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Rivers
• a covenant for the River Char

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Here's a framework to explain how they fit together.

Here's Bob Hamblett's draft proclamation for the Town Crier.

Now we need local residents, schools, farmers and river lovers to get involved in discussing them, fine-tuning them and agreeing which version to use. Will you help? Please email [email protected] and we'll arrange a meeting.​

Our Sources 

• ​Rights of Nature & the Future of Water
• River Action UK's Charter for Rivers
• ​Lawyers for Nature
• ​Earth Law Center’s Universal Declaration of River Rights
• The Guardian: Laws of nature: could UK rivers be given the same rights as people?
• ​Paul Powlesland: recognising Nature Rights (video talk)
• Universal declaration of the Rights of Rivers
• Part of the Ocean Has Been Granted Legal Personhood
• Should Rivers Have Same Legal Rights As Humans?
• Universal Declaration on the Rights of Rivers
• River Avon: Charter
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• ​River Dart: Charter

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• River Ouse: Campaign for River Rights
• River Ouse: Charter
• River Ouse: Env. Law Foundation article
  
• Emma Montlake on River Charters and the River Ouse

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• Rave on for the Avon

 

• River Whanganui