Summary
In 2018, the Colombian Supreme Court of Justice, following the example of the Atrato River case, declared the Colombian Amazon as “an entity subject to rights, entitled to protection, conservation, maintenance and restoration by the State and the territorial entities that comprise it.” Unlike the case of the Atrato River, the Supreme Court based its arguments on what effects this might have on future generations, the plaintiffs being young citizens from different parts of Colombia. The organization DeJusticia played an important role in providing legal advice in this case.