Colombia court case: rights of the Pisba Páramo

Location:Boyacá Department, Colombia

Status:Approved in 2018

Governance Level:Local

Legal Provision:Court Case

Eco Jurisprudence:Personhood, Rights Of Nature

Natural Entity:Pisba Páramo

Initiating Actor:Juan Carlos Alvarado Rodríguez, Fredy Abril Zárate, Miguelharley Ángel Abril, José Edilberto Arismendi Gil, César Harvey Arismendy Uscátegui, Jhon Jaro Balaguera, Miguel Antonio Buitrago Gómez, Edwin Albeiro Cáceres Lagos, Miguel Ángel Cárdenas, Keimer Mauricio Contreras Vasquez, Libardo Cuevas Cuevas, Alverio Cuevas Rincón, Julio Alberto Cusba Velandia, Silver Calixto Daza Martínez, Walter Alejandro Daza Martínez,nWilmer Alexander Daza Martínez, José Fidel Durán Rangel, Dairo Alexander Fandiño, William Hernán Gil Cely, José Mauricio Gil Carvajal, Belarmino Gómez Alarcón, Manuel Humberto Gutierrez Rojas, Jeremías Hormaza Cuevas, Freiman Enrique Jaramillo, José Luis Madera Delgado, Ovelio Melo Afanador, Asbel Mendivelso Mendivelso, José Alfredo Mesa Gutiérrez, José Diomedes Miranda Riaño, Alexander Niño Pérez, Orlando Pérez Castro, Diego Armando Ramos, José Mario Rincón Cuevas, Nicanor Rincón Fuentes, Henry Alexander Rincón Rangel, Saúl Hernán Rincón Ciro Alejandro Rojas Rojas, José Javier Rojas Solano, Jairo Romero Báez , Edwin Humberto Sáenz Estupiñán, Daniel Saidiza Cárdenas, Leonardo Salas Castro, Fredy Alexander Siempira Amado, Jesús David Sofán Madero, Alexander Vanegas Conde, Julio Andrés Vargas Estupiñán, Em/Ro Antonio Vargas Rojas, José Edilberto Vargas Rojas, Luis Eduardo Cabrera Estupiñán, Eduardo Figueredo Lagos, Nelly Joana Puentes, Yeimy Yurani Castro, Guillermo Figueredo Lagos, Adán Rojas Cáceres, Wilson Rodríguez Mesa, Oswaldo Daza Yudiman and Yulieth Katerin Chaparro López

Initiating Actor Type:Civil Society

Summary

In 2018, on the initiative of some workers of a mining company in the area of the Pisba páramo due a territorial limitation problem, the administrative court of Bocoyó decided to give legal personhood to the Páramo de Pisba, based on the case of the Atrato River and the Amazon.

Suggested Citation:
Kauffman, Craig, Catherine Haas, Alex Putzer, Shrishtee Bajpai, Kelsey Leonard, Elizabeth Macpherson, Pamela Martin, Alessandro Pelizzon & Linda Sheehan. Eco Jurisprudence Monitor. V2. 2025. Distributed by the Eco Jurisprudence Monitor.https://ecojurisprudence.org/initiatives/paramo-de-pisba-case/.

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