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Case

This page identifies initiatives that express ecological jurisprudence through a decision by judges, courts and tribunals on any topic, or if claimants invoke ecological jurisprudence in a lawsuit filed with a court.

Spain court case applies legal personality of Mar Menor lagoon

Spain
Submitted in 2023
August 31, 2023 – For the first time, a court in Spain applies the Law that grants rights to the Mar Menor and calls on its representatives to appear in court Read More →

Ecuador court case on the rights of nature in the Fierra Urco páramo

Ecuador
Submitted in 2023
In 2023, a case was submitted to the Constitutional Court of Ecuador the seeking protection of the rights of Nature in the Fierro Urco páramoRead More →

Ecuador court case on the oil spill in the San Rafael Waterfall

Ecuador
On Appeal in 2021
In 2020, Indigenous and civil society groups in Ecuador filed a court action over rights violations due to a major oil spill in the San Rafael Waterfall.Read More →

Yucatan Mexico court case on the rights of the Ring of Cenotes as a subject of law

Mexico
Submitted in 2023
In 2023 the Mayan community of Homún, Yucatán, Mexico filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking recognition of the Ring of Cenotes as subjects of law with rightsRead More →

Ecuador court case on the rights of the Monjas River

Ecuador
Approved in 2022
Ecuador's Constitutional Court rules that urban expansion into a fragile watershed by Quito's municipal government violated the rights of the Monjas River.Read More →

Argentina court case on the rights of Jaguars in the Gran Chaco Reserve

Argentina
Submitted in 2019
In 2019 Greenpeace brought a case before the Supreme Court of Justice in Argentina arguing for recognition of the rights of the entire Jaguar speciesRead More →

Kerala High Court of India case on legal personhood for the Bharathapuzha river

India
Submitted in 2022
In 2022, a petition was filed in the Kerala High Court of India seeking to declare the Bharathapuzha river as a 'legal entity' with a right to flow and liveRead More →

Chile court case seeking recognition of legal personhood of the orangutan Sandai

Chile
Rejected in 2022
July 2022, a habeas corpus petition was filed in Chile to recognize the legal personhood of a 28 year old orangutan named Sandai—which was subsequently rejectedRead More →
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