
Декларация была публично представлена в рамках программы VI Международного Культурного Форума в Санкт Петербурге
ДЕКЛАРАЦИЯ О ПРАВАХ И СВОБОДЕ ДЕЛЬФИНОВ И КИТОВ
Основываясь на комплексе научных исследований и наблюдений, доказывающих наличие у китообразных развитого интеллекта, чувств, культуры и сложной социальной системы;
принимая во внимание широкое международное движение в защиту китообразных;
учитывая многочисленные прецеденты в этой области (национальные законы о запрещении или прекращении пополнения дельфинариев, принятые декларации о признании дельфинов и китов не-человеческими личностями, создание международных морских заповедников китов и дельфинов);
признавая опасность, которую представляет для дельфинов и китов деятельность человека, а также их важнейшее значение для биосферы планеты;
исходя из нынешнего этапа развития человеческой цивилизации, требующего все большей ответственности человека перед планетой и жизнью в целом;
мы принимаем следующую декларацию:
1. Все дельфины и киты являются (не-человеческими) личностями, обладающими самосознанием, наделенными разумом и чувствами.
2. Все дельфины и киты рождаются и остаются свободными, они имеют право свободно жить и перемещаться в естественной среде и не могут быть насильственно удалены из нее или отделены от семейных групп, к которым они принадлежат.
3. Убийство дельфинов и китов должно быть запрещено без исключений, их жизнь не может быть поставлена под угрозу, они не могут быть подвергнуты жестокому обращению.
4. Дельфины и киты не могут быть захвачены, содержаться в плену, быть предметом купли-продажи или аренды. Они не могут быть собственностью государства, компании или частного лица.
5. Дельфины и киты не могут быть использованы в развлекательных, лечебных или военных целях, подвергаться инвазивным экспериментам. Любая дрессировка дельфинов и китов признается формой рабства.
6. Киты и дельфины имеют право не подвергаться вмешательству в их культуру. Наблюдение за дельфинами и китами может проходить только в естественных условиях и должно регулироваться международными нормами, гарантирующими их спокойствие и безопасность.
7. Рыболовный промысел должен предусматривать правовые меры, защищающие дельфинов и китов от случайного попадания в сети, а также ответственность за загрязнение акватории (в том числе акустическое), способное представлять угрозу жизни и здоровью дельфинов и китов.
8. Маршруты регулярных грузовых и пассажирских судов не могут проходить по местам, длительное время избираемым группами дельфинов и китов в качестве своего основного места обитания.
9. Никакие научно-просветительские и иные цели не могут быть основанием для любого принуждения дельфинов и китов или содержания их в неволе; единственным исключением из этого правила должна являться необходимость оказания им медицинской помощи или спасения от неминуемой опасности и только на период, когда такая помощь необходима.
10. Права и свободы, установленные этой Декларацией, должны быть защищены международным и национальным законодательством. Нарушение любого из этих принципов должно приравниваться к преступлению против личности и человечности и предусматривать юридическую ответственность.
Если Вы согласны с Декларацией и хотите поддержать ее, пожалуйста, заполните и отправьте форму:
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Вы также можете подписать декларацию на сайте Change.org:

Декларацию подписали
Уже на этапе обсуждения Декларацию поддержали более двух тысяч ученых, деятелей культуры и общественных деятелей из 25 стран. И более чем пять тысяч подписей добавились за следующий месяц.
Среди них:
Antonio and Hanna Damasio
Antonio Damasio is neuroscientist. He is currently the David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience, Psychology and Philosophy at the University of Southern California and an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute. Damasio heads the Brain and Creativity Institute.
Hanna Damasio is a Professor of Psychology, Director of the Dana and David Dornsife Cognitive Neuroimaging Center (DNI).
Bruce H. Lipton
Bruce H. Lipton, PhD – cell biologist, bestselling author and recipient of the 2009 Goi Peace Award.
Denise Herzing
Denise Herzing – Ph.D. in Behavioral Biology/Environmental Studies. She is an Affiliate Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences at Florida Atlantic University. Founder and Research Director, Wild Dolphin Project.
Ralph Metzner
Ralph Metzner, Ph.D. - psychologist, writer, researcher, psychotherapist, and Professor Emeritus of psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies; co-founder and President of the Green Earth Foundation.
Toni Frohoff
Toni Frohoff, Ph.D. - behavioral and wildlife biologist specializing in marine mammals, founder and Director of Terramar Research
Steven Weinberg
Steven Weinberg – biologist, underwater photographer, traveller. Luxembourg
Ivan Zatevahin
Ivan Zatevahin – biologist, publisist, author and presenter of TV and radio programs about animals.
Vidal Martin Martel
Vidal Martin Martel – founder of Sociedad para el Estudio de los Cetáceos en el Archipiélago Canario (SECAC)
Richard Wylie
Richard Wylie - marine biologist, member of the IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas and the Commission for Education and Communication, Director of Euakafa Island Research Station in Tonga.
Kenneth Ekstrom
Kenneth Ekstrom – bioacoustic engineer, Laboratory for Acoustic Analysis, Cambridge.
Graeme Kelleher
Graeme Kelleher – engineer, who has developed systems of marine protected areas in several countries, Vice-Chairman, Marine of IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), chairman of Advisory Committee to CSIRO Marine Sector, Co-Chair of Life Sciences expert panel on Cooperative Research Centres (CRC). Responsible for recommending selection and reviewing CRCs for the
Australian Government, member of Scientific Committee for International Symposia on Religion, Science and the Environment .
Alexander Asmolov
Alexander Asmolov – Doctor of Psychology; Professor; Academician of the Russian Academy of Education; Head of Psychology of Personality Department, Faculty of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Director of the Federal Institute of Education Development.
Michel Odent
Michel Odent – french obstetrician, natural-birth pioneer, former surgeon. Founder of the Primal Health Research Centre (London), author.
Thomas White
Thomas White - PhD in Philosophy, Hilton Professor in Business Ethics and Director of the Center for Ethics and Business at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.
Maddalena Bearzi
Maddalena Bearzi, Ph.D. – biologist, President and co-founder of Ocean Conservation Society, California.
Stuart Sovatsky
Stuart Sovatsky – Ph.D. Psychology, former President of Association for Transpersonal Psychology, Director of psychotherapy clinic, author.
David Phillips
David Phillips - biologist, co-founder and Executive Director of the Earth Island Institute, Director of International Marine Mammal Project.
Alexander Agafonov
Alexander Agafonov - specialist in marine mammals acoustic communication, Oceanographic Institute, Russian Academy of Science.
Andrei Kurpatov
Andrei Kurpatov – therapist, President of High School of Metodology, author, Russia
Ashok Khosla
Ashok Khosla - is a leading Indian Environmentalist, known for pioneering and contributing to sustainable development. President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Co-Chair of UN Environment Programme’s International Resource Panel, former President of Club of Rome.
Ervin Laszlo
Ervin Laszlo - Founder and President of The Club of Budapest, Director and Co-Founder of the Ervin Laszlo Institute for Advanced Study (ELIAS) and of the Laszlo New-Paradigm Leadership Center (Italy), Member of the Hungarian Academy of Science
Sadhuguru
Sadhguru, is an Indian yogi, mystic and New York Times bestselling author. He is involved in social outreach, education and environmental initiatives. Sadhguru was conferred the Padma Vibhushan civilian award by the Government of India in 2017 in recognition of his contribution towards spirituality.
Candace Crespi
Candace Crespi – biologist, Campaign Director and Social Media, Oceanic Preservation Society (OPS) and Blue Sphere Foundation.
James Balog
James Balog - Photograf, Earth Vision Institute, President and Founder of the Extreme Ice Survey and Earth Vision Institute, Colorado.
Sandra Guyomard
Sandra Guyomard, President of Réseau-Cétacés, France
Mikael Karlholm
Mikael Karlholm - founder of «Spread the Word» - organization, which assists exceptional wisdom teachers in getting their message across the globe.
Nicolya Christi
Nicolya Christi – futurist, visionary, author, founder of WorldShift Movement.
Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio
Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio - President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, Vatican.
Matthieu Ricard
Matthieu Ricard - Writer, founder of Karuna-Shechen humanitarian organization.
Steven M. Wise
Steven M. Wise - american legal scholar who specializes in animal protection issues, primatology, and animal intelligence, Founder and President of the Nonhuman Rights Project.
Preethaji
Preethaji - co-founder of One World Academy; world spiritual teacher from India
Gunnar Michanek
Gunnar Michanek - mindfulness teacher in the Government of Sweden, Google and Facebook companies; founder of «Minds Unlimited»
Oriana Kalama
Oriana Kalama - Founder & CEO of Ocean Defender Hawaii
Elizabeth Soltis
Elizabeth Soltis - founder and Director of Bridges Global, director of partnerships in TreeSisters.
Laura Bridgeman
Laura Bridgeman - Executive Director at Sonar: Dolphin & Whale Rights, Campaign and Communication Specialist at the International Marine Mammal Project.
Alexei Golenkevich
Alexei Golenkevich – Sustainable Fishering department coordinator, WWF-Barentsovo Sea
Irina Hakamada
Irina Hakamada – politician, social activist, author, radio and TV presenter.
Oleg Lebedev
Oleg Lebedev - deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, member of State Duma Committee on Natural Resources, Natural Management and Ecology
Alfonso Cauteruccio
Alfonso Cauteruccio - President of Greenaccord Association and PEOPLE BUILDING FUTURE International Media Forum on the Protection of Nature.
Maxim Shevchenko
Maxim Shevchenko – journalist, TV presenter, social activist, member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights
Elena Bystrova
Elena Bystrova – journalist, PR-Director BALTZER CLUB, Baltzer Auction Agency & Services, former PR Director of Vedomosti newspaper.
Matt Mellen
Matt Mellen - Director of Emergent Communications and Editor of EcoHustler
Grazia Francescato
Politician, former president of WWF Italia, journalist, author
Eduard Sagalaev
Eduard Sagalaev - Russian television journalist and media manager. President of the National Association of Broadcasters. Member of the Russian Academy of Television. Founder (with Ted Turner) of TV-6 - first commercial television station in Russia.
Andrey Maximov
Andrey Maximov – journalist, editor consultant for All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, dramatist.
Alexander Radov
Alexander Radov – Ph.D. in philosophy on Applied Sociology, journalist, producer, screenwriter, Founder & president of “World Russian Television” foundation, producer of Fishka-film, academician of International Academy of TV and Radio
Dana Ama Day
Dana Ama Day – journalist, founder of Positiv TV, president of Club of Rome London
Bernard Werber
Bernard Werber – french writer, philosopher
Slava Polunin
Slava Polunin - Russian performance artist and clown. He is the creator of the stage spectacles Asisyai-revue, Slava's Snowshow
Andrey Makarevich
Andrey Makarevich - Russian rock musician, poet, painter, writer
Arkady Shilkloper
Arkady Shilkloper – musician, multiinstrumentalist, composer, Alpin and French horn player.
Allan Gwenaël
Allan Gwenaël – founder of GAAP agency - international theatrical booking service.
Pavel Muntyan
Pavel Muntyan – co-founder of Toonbox cartoon studio, cartoonist, screenwriter, creator of Mr. Freeman cartoon caracter.
Vadim Demchog
Vadim Demchog – theater and TV actor, screenwriter, psychologist, Founder of Arlekiniada theater project
Praful
Praful (Ulrich Schröder) - german multi-instrumentalist, master sax&flute player, singer, producer, performer and one of the pioneers of the world music community.
Armen Grigoryan
Armen Grigoryan – singer, songwriter, leader of Crematorium rock band
Maria Semushkina
Maria Semushkina – president of Usadba Jazz festival and director of ArtMania agency
Oxana Korostyshevskaya
Oxana Korostyshevskaya - Russian theater and film actress
Glenn Barr
Glenn Barr – photographer, Director of Documenatry Filmmaker
Olesya Buryachenko
Olesya Buryachenko – documentary cinematographer, screenwriter, film director, producer
Oxana Bychkova
Oxana Bychkova – cinematographer, screenwriter, author of Piter FM film
Mikhail Kazinik
Mikhail Kazinik – musician, violinist, musicologist, art historian, publicist, author
Konstantin Khabenskij
Konstantin Khabenskij - Russian actor and director, founder of Konstantin Khabensky Charitable Foundation
Janusz Leon Wiśniewski
Janusz Leon Wiśniewski, Ph.D. - Polish writer, author of Loneliness on the Net and scientist (PhD in Information Technology, Master in Physics and Master in Economics)
Chulpan Khamatova
Chulpan Khamatova - Russian film, theater and TV actress, co-founder of the charity fund Gift of Life
George Ovashvili
George Ovashvili – cinematographer, Oscar nominated film director, screenwriter, producer, Georgia.
René Heuzey
René Heuzey – underwater cinematographer, founder of Ocean de Vie.
David Rothenberg
David Rothenberg - professor of philosophy and music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, with a special interest in animal sounds as music; jazz musician; writer.
Bernard Abeille
Bernard Abeille – musician, writer, composer, author of musical performances
Victor Tikhomirov
Victor Tikhomirov – painter from Mitki group, writer, screenwriter, film director
Tatiana Beley
Tatiana Beley – singer, freediver, co-author of Born To Be Free documentary
Oleg Roy
Oleg Roy – russian bestselling writer
Vanessa Mignon
Vanessa Mignon – photographer, wildlife activist, member of the Ocean Artists Society and an Ambassador for the Undersea Soft Encounter Alliance
Pam Longobardi
Pam Longobardi, artist, ecologist, founder of Drifters Project
Gayane Petrosyan
Gayane Petrosyan – journalist, screenwriter, co-auther of Born to Be Free documentary
Kjell Nordström
Kjell Nordström - economist, writer and public speaker, well known as an author of an international best-seller Funky Business and Karaoke Capitalism - Management for Mankind. His research and consulting focus is in the areas of strategic management, multinational corporations and globalization.
Sergey Solonin
Sergey Solonin – Founder and president of Qiwi financial service, partner of Theories and Practices – educational internet project
Charlie Stuart Gay
Charlie Stuart Gay – producer, Co creator of Sanara wellness hotels. CEO of Fanetwork - Cultural Scientist.
Grigori Kozhemyakin
Grigori Kozhemyakin – founder and president of StroyDepo
Ekaterina Plotko
Ekaterina Plotko – Co-Founder of Organic Woman, Co-Founder of Red Nose Fund.
Yuri Aitsov
Yuri Aitsov – General Director of Maharajas Interiors Gallery, Founder and Director of Heritage of East Fund
Gor Nakhapetyan
Gor Nakhapetyan – finanсier, former Managing Director of MC Troika Dialog, CEO of Skolkovo Business School, co-founder of Friends Fund and Robits Inc.
Denis Kotov
Denis Kotov – Founder and General Director of bookchain Bookvoyed
David Woolfson
David Woolfson - business lawyer, global activist, Co-Founder & Coordinator, World Wisdom Alliance, Founder & President, The Club of Budapest Canada
Marina Akopian
Marina Akopian - Partner and Fund Manager at Hexam Capital Partners LLP.
Lev Gordon
Lev Gordon – Co-Founder of Living Cities Forum, Co-Founder of City Development Association
Igor Mgeladze
Igor Mgeladze – entrepreneur, Founder and President of RTP System and Tandem Group, co-founder of Nova Group
Peter Norell
Peter Norell - Founder and Director of FAM International Center, business coach
Guillaume Néry
Guillaume Néry - freediver, multiple world record holder, France.
Yuliya Petrik
Yuliya Petrik – freediver, founder of HomoDelphinus feediving school
Rafa Herrero Massieu
Rafa Herrero Massieu – diver, freediver, naturalist, founder of Aquawork, Canary Islands
Alan Lim Cai Fu
Alan Lim Cai Fu – Feng Shui Master, Singapour
Arnaud Tortel
Arnaud Tortel - traveller, Nouvelle Terre Expedition, France
Massimo Calarco
Massimo Calarco - Director of Los Gigantes Port, Tenerife



