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Ecuador court case on rights of nature violations in the Collay Protected Forest

Ecuador
Gualaceo, Province of Azuay
Approved in 2019
Case
Rights Of Nature
Collay Protected Forest
Forest
Juan Diego Bustos (Mayor of the Gobierno Autónomo Descentralizado de Gualaceo); Romel Lucero Tacuri; Manuel Zhispon; Walter Garay Beltrán; María Muy Angamarca; y Rosa Angamarca Juca
Government

Summary

On January 25, 2019, Juan Diego Bustos (mayor of the Government of Gualaceo) filed a lawsuit for protective action against government officials of the Province of Azuay for violations to the rights of nature by a road work project that was being carried out without without prior environmental studies, which would cause environmental impact to the Collay Protected Forest and the Paute River basin. In 2019, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador confirmed a court ruling establishing violations to the rights of nature, and entrusted the responsibility of repairing damages to the Decentralized Autonomous Government of Azuay and the private citizen, Castillo Molina.

Legal Document

To see the original legal document(s) for this initiative, click the links below:

Gualaceo Bosque Collay First Judgment [PDF]
Gualaceo Bosque Collay Appeals Judgment [PDF]
Gualaceo Bosque Collay Constitutional Court Ruling [PDF]

Additional Resources

To see other supplementary information related to this initiative, click the links below:

Article - Juez de Gualaceo emitió sentencia a favor de los derechos de la naturaleza

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