Human Rights & Natural Resources

Indigenous and civil society organizations submit a brief for an advisory opinion of the Inter-American Court on climate emergency and human rights

The Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF), the Coordinadora de Desarrollo y Defensa de los Pueblos Indígenas de la región San Martín (CODEPISAM), the Federación de Pueblos Indígenas Kechwa Chazuta Amazonía (FEPIKECHA), the Federación de Pueblos Indígenas Kechwas del Bajo Huallaga San Martín(FEPIKBHSAM), the Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL), and the Forest Peoples Programme (FPP), submitted a brief to the Inter-American Court of Human Rig

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Amicus Curiae brief on International Standards for the Prevention and Remediation of Environmental Damage in the Case of the Community of La Oroya vs. Peru before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

A collective of ESCR-Net members, of which DPLF is a member, and allied organizations filed an amicus curiae br

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Amicus curiae before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in housing rights case the Democratic Republic of Congo

The ESCR-Net, of which DPLF is a member, has intervened as amicus in the Thubakgale case before the High Court in South Africa, a decades-long case litigated by the Socio-Economic Rights Initiative in South Africa on behalf of 133 families seeking to vindicate their right to adequate housing in terms of both domestic and international law.

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Aportes 22 O direito à consulta prévia, livre e informada após 30 anos da adoção da Convenção 169 da OIT

Tendo em vista o 31º aniversário da adoção da Convenção 169 da Organização Internacional do Trabalho (OIT), dedicamos a 22ª edição da nossa revista Aportes a uma reflexão sobre as conquistas e desafios para o pleno respeito ao direito à consulta prévia, livre e informada (CPLI). 

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Various organizations submit an amicus curiae to the Inter-American Court in the case of Indigenous Communities belonging to the Lhaka Honhat Association

The document addresses international standards and comparative jurisprudence on demarcation of indigenous territories and Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (DESCA).

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Implementation Free, Prior, and Informed Consent and Consultation: Comparative Experiences in Latin America and Discussions on a Consultation Law in Mexico

In Mexico and in other countries in the region, the adoption of norms of general application has been discussed as an alternative to the implementation of the right to free, prior, and informed consent and consultation (FPIC) of indigenous peoples. With this publication, DPLF and Oxfam-Mexico seek to contribute to this discussion, based on the analysis of international standards, comparative law, and the challenges faced by other countries in the region.

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Advisory Opinion OC-23/17 Environment and Human Rights

This report analyzes the 2016 advisory opinion that Colombia requested from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in 2016, regarding the following issues:

  • What is the scope of application of the state obligations related to environmental protection that arise from the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR)?
  • What are the environmental obligations of states that arise from the obligations to protect and guarantee the rights to life and personal integrity enshrined in the ACHR?

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Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Descent Communities, and Natural Resources

This report, titled Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Descent Communities, and Natural Resources, summarizes a report by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on human rights protections in the context of extraction, exploitation, and development activities.

The nature of the rights at stake and the severity of the eects reported make the impact of these extractive activities a “priority issue in the region” and gave rise to the IACHR report.

The objectives of the IACHR report include:

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