Judgment T-622 of 2016

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Colombian court decision constitutional court judgment landmark environmental ruling

Judgment T-622 of 2016 is a landmark ruling by Colombia’s Constitutional Court that recognized the Atrato River and its basin as a legal subject with enforceable rights to protection, conservation, and restoration.

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instanceOf Colombian court decision ⓘ
constitutional court judgment ⓘ
landmark environmental ruling ⓘ
appliesTo Atrato River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Atrato River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
branchOfLaw constitutional law ⓘ
environmental law ⓘ
human rights law ⓘ
citationForm Sentencia T-622 de 2016 NERFINISHED ⓘ
consideredAs pioneering case in global rights of nature jurisprudence ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
geographicalScope Antioquia Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chocó Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedCommunities Afro-Colombian communities NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indigenous communities ⓘ
issuedBy Constitutional Court of Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
legalDoctrine biocultural rights ⓘ
rights of nature ⓘ
legalEffect imposed obligations on the Colombian state to protect the Atrato River ⓘ
recognized the Atrato River as a rights-bearing entity NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalSystem Colombian constitutional law ⓘ
orderedCreationOf guardianship body for the Atrato River ⓘ
orderedStateAction measures for conservation of the Atrato River ⓘ
measures for protection of the Atrato River ⓘ
measures for restoration of the Atrato River ⓘ
protectsInterestOf ecosystems of the Atrato River basin ⓘ
local ethnic communities dependent on the Atrato River ⓘ
recognizedAsLegalSubject Atrato River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Atrato River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedRight right to conservation ⓘ
right to protection ⓘ
right to restoration ⓘ
recognizedRightsOf Atrato River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Atrato River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter collective rights ⓘ
environmental protection ⓘ
ethnic communities’ rights ⓘ
rights of nature ⓘ
river rights ⓘ
triggeredBy environmental degradation of the Atrato River ⓘ
illegal mining in the Atrato River basin ⓘ
year 2016 ⓘ

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Atrato River → legalDecision → Judgment T-622 of 2016 ⓘ
this entity surface form: T-622 of 2016
Atrato River basin → legalDecision → Judgment T-622 of 2016 ⓘ