Recognizing the Rights of Nature in Colombia: the Atrato River case

This article studies the recognition of Río Atrato as a subject of rights through Judgment T-622-16 of the Constitutional Court, in a case without precedent in Colombian Law. To contextualize this jurisprudential milestone, the authors argue that the current regulations failed to protect the biodi...

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Main Authors: Iván Vargas-Chaves, Gloria Amparo Rodríguez, Alexandra Cumbe-Figueroa, Sandra-Estefanía Mora-Garzón
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Caldas 2020-01-01
Series:Jurídicas
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Online Access:http://vip.ucaldas.edu.co/juridicas/downloads/Juridicas17(1)_2.pdf