The first think tank specializing in animal law & policy based in Brussels, Belgium dedicated to assisting organizations advance the interests of animals in European law and policy.
The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy (Animal Law Europe) provides expert research, training, public affairs, and monitoring services to nonprofits, public administrations, and private companies to help them achieve better treatment for animals.
Our mission is to guide all parties involved in rule-making that affects the treatment of animals, such as legislation and regulations, private standards, or non-written common industry practices.
Our expertise focuses non-human animals used for all types of exploitative purposes: food and fiber, entertainment, science, and companionship, as well as wild animals, which are increasingly harvested as commodities.
Animal Law Europe is driven by values of non-violence, and the alleviation of suffering and exploitation. We also support and promote the development of animal law as an autonomous legal and academic discipline.
The European Institute for Animal Law & Policy provides your organization with the best service to bolster your work, always with the view of advancing the interests of animals.
Animal Law Europe provides top-notch legal research services in French and English, under the form of hourly consultations and weekly to monthly research projects.
Deliverables are tailored to the clients’ needs. Formats include memoranda, reports, white papers, and oral presentation.
Animal Law Europe provides strategic expertise to assist clients in implementing legal and regulatory reforms.
We identify upcoming reform opportunities and map out relevant actors whose actions can affect lawmaking (“stakeholders”). We then connect our clients to our vast network of professionals within the industry and the EU institutions.
Animal Law Europe also advises clients in building advocacy pleas and pitching them to stakeholders.
Animal Law Europe’s core mission is to empower its clients through training and education. Training solutions are custom-made, for all levels and all group sizes.
Available courses include animal law and European law classes for all levels, as well as practical sessions that would teach professionals how to navigate the EU institutions and its law-making process.
Our goal is to make our clients more performant in their daily work in the short term, and fully autonomous in the longer term.
We provide monitoring services to EU Public Affairs professionals.
Our targeted updates include ongoing and prospective public consultations, court rulings (European Court of Justice, European Court of Human Rights, and national courts when relevant to EU law), scientific publications, industry and NGO campaigns, and calls for contributions to publications or events.
Alice Di Concetto will present on the topic of “Animals in the Future of EU Food Law” at the annual Future of Food Law Conference organized by Wageningen Research & University, in Wageningen (Netherlands), on May 26th.
read moreThe Institute’s founder, Alice Di Concetto, co-authored a law review article with Prof. Aude-Solveig Epstein, entitled “EU Consumer Information as a Tool to Regulate the Treatment of Farm Animals: Potential and Limits.” The article was published in the European Journal of Consumer Law (2023/1).
read moreOur 2022 annual report is out now! This report includes a recap of our newsletters, media appearances, and our plans for the upcoming year. As we reflect upon our first year, and look forward to the next, we would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all our clients, donors, subscribers, and friends for your continued interest and support.
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