At a colloquium at NWU in September 2025 the Wild Law Institute submitted two formal abstracts for potential peer-reviewed publication, marking a significant step toward establishing an academic foundation that will strengthen the initiative’s legal credibility. In these academic forums, the Wild Law Institute presented the legal rationale for recognising Hoerikwaggo as a living entity with inherent rights, situating the initiative within the broader planetary polycrisis and

On 22 October 2025, members of the Table Mountain Rights initiative participated in the Human (in) Nature Conference hosted in Stellenbosch and organised by the Bergplaas Nature Reserve within the Nature and Circularity Week . The gathering brought together researchers, lawyers, land owners, spiritual practitioners, and Rights of Nature advocates to explore emerging approaches to relating with the more-than-human world. The Table Mountain Rights Initiative was referenced in t

A groundbreaking campaign is underway to grant Table Mountain legal personhood, led by environmental lawyer Cormac Cullinan, who first envisioned this radical idea over 20 years ago while writing his acclaimed book "Wild Law." Following New Zealand's recent recognition of Mount Taranaki as a legal entity, a diverse coalition of lawyers, activists, and traditional healers conducted a sacred ceremony on "Hoerikwaggo" (the indigenous name for Table Mountain) to formally request

In a recent Cape Talk interview , Wild Law directors Cormac Cullinan and Mphatheleni Makaulule, along with human rights lawyer Pooven Moodley, discussed the movement to legally recognise Table Mountain as a living entity with rights under law. The conversation centred around the article " Towards the Recognition of Table Mountain as a Living Entity in Law and Beyond ." Building on the ideas explored in the article, the discussion contrasted Western legal systems, which often