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Colombia Magdalena River Case

Colombia
Neiva
Approved in 2019
Case
Rights Of Nature
Magdalena River
Freshwater Ecosystem
Andres Felipe Rojas Rodriguez, Daniel Leandro Sanz Perdomo.
Civil Society

Summary

In 2019, the First Criminal Court of Neiva, Huila in Colombia recognized the Magdalena River as an entity subject to rights to protection, conservation, maintenance, and restoration. It placed the State, the private sector, and the surrounding community as being in charge of enforcing these rights. The decision came about due contamination caused by the activities of El Quimbo hydroelectric project in the Magdalena River. Likewise, the decision protects the fundamental rights to water, health, dignified life and a healthy environment for future generations, also recognizing its condition as a subject of rights.

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

Rights of Magdalena River Case [PDF]

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

Resilience - Colombia’s Dynamic Rivers: Integrated Interpretations and the Rights of Nature
Taylor and Francis Online - River lives, River movements. Fisher communities mobilizing local and official rules in defense of the Magdalena River

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