An Intergenerational Ecological Jurisprudence: The Supreme Court of Colombia and the Rights of the Amazon Rainforest
In 2017, 25 young Colombians, aged 15 to 25, filed the first climate change and future generations lawsuit in Latin America (the Amazon case). Assisted by the organisation Dejusticia, the young plaintiffs filed an accion de tutela—a special mechanism under the Colombian Constitution that allows indi...
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Queensland University of Technology
2020-05-01
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| Series: | Law, Technology and Humans |
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| Online Access: | https://lthj.qut.edu.au/article/view/1476 |