Otavalo (Ecuador) court case: rights of Lake San Pablo
In 2025, Ecuador's court recognized Lake San Pablo’s rights and ordered urgent cleanup after years of pollution and negligence.Read More →
Court 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.
Ecuador court case: rights of the Irquis River
In 2025, a court in Ecuador recognized the Irquis River’s rights, and ordered its restoration and the creation of a water management plan to care for the river.Read More →
Switzerland Freedom of Information Request on behalf of the Mar Menor Lagoon
In July 2025, the Swiss State Secretariat for International Finance admitted a Freedom of Information Request (FOI) submitted on behalf of the Mar Menor lagoon.Read More →
Inter-American Court of Human Rights Advisory Opinion 32/25: climate emergency and human rights
In May 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights published an Advisory Opinion on the climate emergency, affirming the Rights of Nature for the first time.Read More →
Grosspösna (Germany) municipal court case: voting rights for oak trees
In 2025, a citizen filed a legal petition claiming the right for oak trees to vote in the upcoming German federal election.Read More →
Resistencia (Argentina) municipal court case: rights of Laguna Francia
In 2024, the Municipal Court of Resistencia in Chaco, Argentina ruled that the Laguna Francia is a subject of rights.Read More →
Ecuador court case: rights of marine ecosystems
In late-2024, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador ruled that coastal marine ecosystems have legal rights that must be protected.Read More →
Panama Supreme Court case: Sierra Llorona Nature Reserve
On June 17, 2024, Panama’s Supreme Court suspended the Caribbean Corridor road project through the Sierra Llorona Nature Reserve, citing RoN violations.Read More →