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Climate Change, Freshwater Sources, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Mining | 12 September 2023

Expanding coal mining in Colombia contravenes a just energy transition

Combating and addressing the climate crisis requires progress in replacing fossil fuels, as well as slowing down the expansion of their extraction and exploitation.read more

Accountability and Transparency, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Mining | 31 August 2023

Report reveals shocking rights violations by Canadian corporations in Latin America

Compiled through the collaboration of over 50 civil society organizations, the report implicates 37 Canadian projects across nine countries in the region.read more

Accountability and Transparency, Freshwater Sources, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Public Participation | 15 August 2023

Report of the International Mission to Colombia: Stop investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS)

The objective of the mission was to share experiences of struggles against the global investment protection regime, and to learn firsthand about the peoples and ecosystems being threatened.read more

Climate Change, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights | 14 August 2023

Protecting Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park can bolster the global just energy transition

What the people of Ecuador decide in an August 20 referendum has the potential to slow oil exploitation in the Amazon and to generate a transformative impact at the national and international levels.read more

Climate Change, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights | 3 August 2023

Amazon Summit: 6 proposals for preserving the Amazon through regional cooperation

Joint regional and transboundary efforts are powerful enough to save a vital ecosystem for the region and the world.read more

Indigenous Rights | 22 May 2023

Biodiversity and indigenous languages: one heritage to protect

To speak of protecting biodiversity and linguistic diversity becomes an exercise in speaking in defense of territory and environmental defenders.read more

Capacity Building, Freshwater Sources, Indigenous Rights, Oceans | 16 May 2023

Session 2 of the AIDA’s 25th Anniversary Webinar Series

We examined the main threats and opportunities, as well as the measures needed to effectively address the biodiversity crisis and safeguard the rights of indigenous and traditional populations.read more

Climate Change, Freshwater Sources, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights | 13 April 2023

What happened at the World Water Conference 2023?

A review of the progress, inspiration, pending issues and future prospects following the global meeting at which the Water Action Agenda was adopted.read more

Climate Change, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights | 27 March 2023

Strategic litigation and its role in the pursuit of justice

It is strategic because, based on a legal cause, it seeks to change unjust realities and position issues that are key to the formation of a democratic society.read more

Accountability and Transparency, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights | 20 February 2023

Open Letter from Civil Society Organizations to the President of the Inter-American Development Bank

We consider it essential that the Bank strengthen its practices and operations, facilitating the promotion and respect for human rights.read more

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