Summary
In 2015, Senators Fernando Solanas and Ruben Giustiniani submitted a proposal of a law for the rights of nature to the House of Representatives. The law lists eight distinct rights. Fundamental to the law is the shift from an anthropocentric paradigm to a socio biocentric one which reshapes human relation to nature. The rights given to nature in this proposal aim to change human understanding and value of nature. The law calls for both governmental and civil action.
In 2020, a bill was re-introduced in Argentina’s House of Representatives to recognize the rights of nature, following a previous submission in 2015. The initiative presents arguments for continued discussion in the lower chambers, citing influential leaders in other countries and the Ecuadorian constitution of 2008 as model actions. The proposal urges Argentina to deepen its way of understanding nature and to recognize its intrinsic value. Furthermore, the law requires an examination of the roles of exploitation and colonization in human relations with nature and calls for justice on social, environmental, and ecological levels.
Both the 2015 and 2020 bills were unsuccessful.
Suggested Citation:
Kauffman, Craig, Catherine Haas, Alex Putzer, Shrishtee Bajpai, Kelsey Leonard, Elizabeth Macpherson, Pamela Martin, Alessandro Pelizzon & Linda Sheehan. Eco Jurisprudence Monitor. V2. 2025. Distributed by the Eco Jurisprudence Monitor.https://ecojurisprudence.org/initiatives/argentina-right-of-nature-law/.
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