09 Jul

Posted at 09/07/2020 in Blog by

Blog Series “Nature and Its Rights” – Young researcher´s seminar April 2020

By Digno José Montalván Zambrano (Guest Author)
In February this year, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights set a new and controversial precedent about the protection of the right to land and...

29 Jun

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Blog Series “Nature and Its Rights” – Young researcher´s seminar April 2020

By Carolina Angel Botero (Guest Author)
Since the Colombian Constitutional Court issued judgment T-622 of 2016, in which it recognized the Atrato River as a subject of rights...

12 Jun

Posted at 12/06/2020 in Blog by

By Rachel Sieder and Lieselotte Viaene
In June 2019 a video circulating on Facebook showing the disappearance of the San Simon river in Chisec, Guatemala, known for its tourist attractions, provoked an avalanche of reactions of dismay. According to public opinion, the death...