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Ecuador court case Chevron Corporation vs Ecuador on the oil spill in Shushufindi and Aguarico Rivers

Ecuador
National
Approved in 2018
Case
Indigenous Model
Shushufindi and Aguarico rivers
Freshwater Ecosystem
Constitutional Court
Court

Summary

In 2018, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador established that there has been no violation of constitutional rights in the Chevron Corporation vs Ecuador case (e.g., rights of nature), ruled by a lower court. However, the court established that there has indeed been damage to the environment by the company and that this affects indigenous communities through cultural damage, i.e. ignoring the dependency relationships that exist between these communities and nature.

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Constitutional Court Judgment regarding oil spill in Shushufindi and Aguarico rivers [PDF]

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