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PROTECTING OUR RIGHT TO A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. AIDA is the only regional organization of environmental legal experts who are both from and in Latin America. We use  the power of international law to create sustainable solutions throughout the region.

Person on Rocks People Protecting the right to a healthy Environment Photo: Camilo Thompson
Places Places Safeguarding ecological treasures Photo: Alejandro Olivera
Planet Planet Working for climate justice Photo: Lorenzo J. de Rosenzweig

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Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta in Colombia

Blog | 9 October 2024

Session 1 of the 2024 GCF Watch International Webinar Series

Relevant CSO representatives discussed the architecture of financial mechanisms under the UNFCCC, with the GCF at the center, exploring the opportunities for civil society engagement in each.Read More

Mendoza, Argentina

Press Releases | 3 October 2024

Organizations concerned by Mendoza Supreme Court rejecting their Participation while allowing that of the oil industry in litigation over fracking

The Mendoza Supreme Court’s differential treatment occurred in a lawsuit over the authorization of fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, for extracting oil and gas from the Vaca Muerta formation.Read More

Salar del Hombre Muerto, Argentina

Press Releases | 24 September 2024

AIDA petitions Argentine court for protection of human rights in lithium mining case

We ask the Court of Justice of Catamarca to cancel the permits for two mining projects to avoid irreversible environmental impacts on the territory of the Salar del Hombre Muerto.Read More

Uyuni Salt Flat, Bolivia

Press Releases | 12 September 2024

UN takes major step toward prioritizing justice regarding transition minerals

The panel recognizes the complexity of the transition and the inequality between the countries of the global south, which host the minerals, and those of the north, that need them.Read More

Blog | 10 September 2024

Session 1 of the Transformative Global Experiences on Water Governance Webinar Series

We explored various strategies of resistance and defense following the tragedy caused by the failure of an iron mine tailings dam in Brumadinho, Brazil.Read More

Traditional textiles in a market in Chichicastenango, Guatemala.

Press Releases | 28 August 2024

Organisations demand justice in criminalization case against Rigoberto Juárez, ancestral authority and environmental and human rights defender of Guatemala

We request judicial authorities to make a decision that takes into account the specific guarantees of Rigoberto Juárez as an ancestral authority and as an environmental and human rights defender.Read More

When the violation of the rights of Amazonian peoples in Brazil receives no response nationally, these communities find in AIDA a voice in the Americas.

Felicio Pontes, Attorney, Federal Public Ministry, Brazil

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