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Traditional textiles in a market in Chichicastenango, Guatemala.

Human Rights, Indigenous Rights | 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

Public hearing of the Inter-American Court in Manaus, Brazil.

Climate Change, Human Rights | 20 August 2024

Declaration of Manaus urges the Inter-American Court to clarify State obligations in climate emergency

The declaration calls on the Court to articulate, in its forthcoming Advisory Opinion, minimum standards for respecting and protecting human rights in the context of the climate crisis.read more

Veracruz Reef System

Coral reefs | 13 August 2024

Mexican Supreme Court order to protect the Veracruz reef still unenforced

A port expansion project threatens the reef that hosts the greatest biodiversity of reef species in the western Gulf of Mexico.read more

Panoramic view of La Oroya, Peru, in 2024.

Human Rights, Mining, Toxic Pollution | 24 May 2024

Warning of increased contamination in La Oroya and slow progress by the State to comply with the Inter-American Court ruling

The State's progress in implementing the international court's ruling has been slow and insufficient. Meanwhile, a high level of sulphur dioxide has recently been registered in the Andean city.read more

Indigenous flag on a road in Jujuy, Argentina

Indigenous Rights, Mining | 17 April 2024

Argentina: the scramble for lithium threatens the rights of Indigenous Peoples in Jujuy

International civil society organisations present the conclusions of an observation mission to Jujuy in August 2023 following the constitutional reform, which facilitates lithium extraction.read more

Natural landscape of Colombia

Human Rights | 8 April 2024

Celebrating the appointment of Astrid Puentes Riaño as UN Special Rapporteur

For 18 years, as co-executive director of AIDA, Puentes Riaño led efforts across Latin America to uphold the right to a healthy environment and protect affected communities from environmental harms.read more

Landscape of Antofagasta de la Sierra, Argentina.

Freshwater Sources, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Mining, Public Participation | 27 March 2024

Court decision stops new lithium mining projects in Argentine salt flat, sets regional precedent

The Alliance for Andean Wetlands celebrates this achievement of the Atacameños del Altiplano Indigenous Community and the Asamblea PUCARA (Pueblos Catamarqueños en Resistencia y Autodeterminación).read more

Panoramic view of the city of La Oroya, Peru.

Accountability and Transparency, Human Rights, Mining, Toxic Pollution | 22 March 2024

Inter-American Court ruling on La Oroya case sets key precedent for the protection of a healthy environment

The Court found Peru responsible for violating the rights of residents of La Oroya, who have been exposed to unsafe levels of toxic contamination for generations.read more

San Juan River, Nicaragua

Climate Change, Human Rights | 8 March 2024

Communities in Nicaragua win Green Climate Fund withdrawal from project that violated their rights

The Green Climate Fund terminated a forestry project because the developers failed to comply with the Fund's policies and procedures on socio-environmental safeguards.read more

Indigenous Rights, Oceans | 31 January 2024

5 years of the Kawésqar National Reserve: pending issues for its protection

Local communities denounce that the area is highly affected by salmon farming, which is failing to comply with environmental regulations.read more

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