Right Attributions to Rivers: From Bio-Cultural Rights to the Rights of Future Generations
- Authors: Marrero D.1
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Affiliations:
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
- Issue: Vol 29, No 3 (2025): PHILOSOPHY IN LATIN AMERICA
- Pages: 663-672
- Section: PHILOSOPHY IN LATIN AMERICA
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2313-2302/article/view/325466
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-2302-2025-29-3-663-672
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/CVEEMG
- ID: 325466
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The research shows how the movement of the rights of rivers has open new spaces for subjugated people in Latin America such as Afro-decendent communities, indigenous communities, or the future generations to inject radically different legal and philosophical traditions. The research explores two pioneer cases of right attributions to rivers: Comunidades Afrodescendientes del Rio Atrato v. Presidencia de la Republica de Colombia (Afro-Colombian Indigenous Communities of the Atrato river v. Presidency of the Republic of Colombia) and Las Generaciones Futuras v. Ministerio del Medio Ambiente y Desarollo Sostenible (Future Generations v. The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development). These cases show that the rights of rivers are a necessary condition for human survival.
About the authors
Danny Marrero
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Author for correspondence.
Email: danny.marrero@utrgv.edu
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8322-4883
- LLM, JD, PhD, Assistant Professor of the Department of Philosophy, Music, Science and Learning Center (BMSLC)
1 University Drive, Brownsville, 78520, United States of AmericaReferences
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