Summary
In 2018, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador established that there has been no violation of constitutional rights (e.g., rights of nature) in the Chevron Corporation vs Ecuador case regarding the oil spill in Shushufindi and Aguarico Rivers, overturning a ruling 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.
Suggested Citation:
Kauffman, Craig, Catherine Haas, Alex Putzer, Shrishtee Bajpai, Kelsey Leonard, Elizabeth Macpherson, Pamela Martin, Alessandro Pelizzon & Linda Sheehan. Eco Jurisprudence Monitor. V2. 2026. Distributed by the Eco Jurisprudence Monitor. https://ecojurisprudence.org/initiatives/oil-spill-in-shushufindi-and-aguarico-rivers/.
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