Otra vez el ataque a la Naturaleza: sin derechos pero con precio
Eduardo Gudynas En Chile, el periódico Mercurio publicó un nuevo editorial ahora criticando que la Naturaleza pueda ser un sujeto de derechos. Su alerta apunta a los integrantes de la Convención Constituyente, sumándose a otra, lanzada pocos días antes, donde cargaba no solo contra esa idea sino también contra la de plurinacionalidad. Fue en la […]
Rights of Nature: Rivers That Can Stand in Court
by Lidia Cano Pecharroman. An increasing number of court rulings and legislation worldwide are recognizing rights of nature to be protected and preserved. Recognizing these rights also entails the recognition that nature has the right to stand in court and to be represented for its defense. This is still an incipient field and every step […]
India’s Ganges and Yamuna rivers are ‘not living entities’
India’s revered Ganges and Yamuna rivers cannot be viewed as living entities, the Supreme Court has ruled. It overruled an order made in March by the High Court in Uttarakhand state, which said that the two rivers had the same legal status as human beings. The move was seen as a measure to increase protection […]
Si ríos y humanos comparten el mismo status legal, debemos respetar sus derechos
El Ganges y el Whanganui tienen ya una personalidad jurídica, aunque no sólo la ley debe dictar el respeto por la naturaleza. Ashish Kothari, Mari Margil y Shrishtee Bajpai Varios eventos relacionados, aunque geográficamente distantes, apuntaron el mes pasado hacia un cambio dramático en la conflictiva relación de la humanidad con la naturaleza. Por un […]
Ganges and Yamuna rivers granted same legal rights as human beings
Indian court cites the Whanganui in New Zealand as example for according status to two rivers considered sacred. Michael Safi and agencies The Ganges river, considered sacred by more than 1 billion Indians, has become the first non-human entity in India to be granted the same legal rights as people. A court in the northern […]
New Zealand river granted same legal rights as human being
After 140 years of negotiation, Māori tribe wins recognition for Whanganui river, meaning it must be treated as a living entity. Eleanor Ainge Roy In a world-first a New Zealand river has been granted the same legal rights as a human being. The local Māori tribe of Whanganui in the North Island has fought for […]
The Natural Contract: From Lévi-Strauss to the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court
by Erin Fitz-Henry. – In 2008, the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly became the first juridical body in the world to legalize what Michel Serres might have called a ‘natural contract.’ With the assistance of the U.S.-based Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, representatives at the Assembly in July of 2008 re-wrote their 1998 constitution to include a […]
