Home | Blog | The Rights of Nature Turn to Age in Ecuador: Eighteen Years of the Constitution Published: Oct 26, 2026 | 08:30 am By: Hugo Echeverría Eighteen years ago, Ecuador decided to forever change the relationship between law and Nature: on October 20, 2008, the first Constitution in the world that recognizes Nature […]
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Home | Blog | Rights of Nature and Climate Responsibility: A Strategic Comparison Between the ICJ Opinion and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Published: Sep 24, 2025 | 08:30 am By: Yenny Vega Cardenas, Ph.D., lawyer and President, International Observatory for the Rights of Nature The climate crisis, now considered a global emergency, has
Source: law.nd.edu Home | Blog | Analytical Summary of Advisory Opinion OC-32/25 by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Climate emergency, human rights and the rights of Nature Published: Jul 10, 2025 | 10:30 am By: Yenny Vega Cardenas, Ph.D, Attorney at Law “The 234-page decision is a legal masterpiece on climate change, and we
Source: Author Home | Blog | Odra in the Polish Parliament: A Milestone for the Rights of Nature in Poland Published: May 31, 2025 | 01:30 pm By: Agata Foksa Biegaj April 30, 2025, marked a historic moment for river defenders, environmental advocates, and citizens across Poland. It was the final day to submit signatures
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Source: Auteur Home | Blog | From Catastrophe to Legal Revolution in Poland: Granting Personhood to the Odra River Published: Jan 13, 2025 | 8:30 am By: Agata Foksa Biegaj In August 2022, Europe witnessed one of the largest ecological disasters in its history, with Poland’s Odra River at her heart. The mass die-off of
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Home | Blog | Embracing Nature’s Rights Published: June 24, 2024 | 07:00 am Yenny Vega Cardenas, Ph.D., Lawyer & President OIDN Embracing Nature’s Rights One might consider Rights of Nature, Earth Jurisprudence, and Ecological Law as legal expressions that describe a legal philosophy recognizing that nature has intrinsic value and should be accorded legal
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On March 8, 2024, the Marañón River in Peru was recognized as a right holder by the Superior Court of Justice of Loreto (Peru), which resolved an amparo (Action of Protection) lawsuit
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The implications of recognizing the Rights of Nature in Africa A necessary paradigm shift in the conservation of life on the continent Source: Wansi, 2023. Link here. Home | Blog | The implications of recognizing the Rights of Nature in AfricaPublished: March 16, 2024 | 3:19 pm Inès Carine Singhe, Environmental Researcher and Lecturer at
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