Derechos a la tierra y recursos naturales

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Caselaw

Mike Campbell and Others v. Republic of Zimbabwe, SADC (T) No. 2/2007

The Applicants alleged that their property rights in agricultural lands had been infringed by a provision in the Zimbabwean Constitution which effectively vested the ownership of all agricultural lands compulsorily acquired under it to the State, as well as racial discrimination in the application of the provision. The provision additionally ousted the jurisdiction of the courts to entertain any challenge concerning such acquisitions of agricultural land.

Sentencia T-821/07

En septiembre de 2006, siete hombres encapuchados y armados secuestraron a la pareja de Rosmira Serrano Quintero y mataron a su padre, y posteriormente la amenazaron con matar también a ella y a sus hijas si no abandonaba la localidad de El Limoncito, donde vivía. La Sra. Serrano huyó y, en noviembre de 2006, solicitó inscribirse junto con sus hijas como personas desplazadas. La solicitud fue denegada por la Agencia Presidencial para la Acción Social y la Cooperación Internacional (Acción Social) y la Sra.

Judgment T-821/07

In September 2006, seven hooded and armed men kidnapped Rosmira Serrano Quintero's partner and killed her father, then told her to leave El Limoncito, where she lived, or else she and her daughters would also be killed, so she fled. In November 2006, she requested registration of herself and her daughters as displaced persons. Her application was denied by the Presidential Agency for Social Action and International Cooperation (Social Action). Ms.

Centro para el Desarrollo de los Derechos de las Minorías (Kenia) y Minority Rights Group International en nombre del Endorois Welfare Council c. Kenia, 276/2003

En la década de 1970, el gobierno de Kenia desalojó a cientos de familias Endorois de sus tierras cercanas al Lago Bogoria en el Valle del Rift para crear una reserva de animales de caza para el turismo. Al pueblo indígena Endorois se le había prometido compensación y beneficios que nunca se concretaron en su totalidad, y el acceso de la comunidad a la tierra quedó limitado a la discreción de la Autoridad de la Reserva de Caza.

South Fork Band y otros c. Departamento del Interior de Estados Unidos, 588 F.3d 718, (2009).

En este caso, la South Fork Band y otras comunidades de Western Shoshone habían apelado una decisión de un tribunal inferior que les negaba una medida cautelar[1] contra la construcción de la mina de oro.

South Fork Band and others v. United States DOI, 588 F.3d 718, (2009)

In this case, the South Fork Band and other Western Shoshone tribes were appealing a lower court decision denying an injunction[1] against the construction of the gold mine. In their appeal to the Court, the South Fork Band argued that an injunction should be granted against Barrick Cortez because the U.S.

Centre for Minority Rights Development (Kenya) and Minority Rights Group International on behalf of Endorois Welfare Council v. Kenya, 276/2003

In the 1970s, the Kenyan government evicted hundreds of Endorois families from their land around the Lake Bogoria area in the Rift Valley to create a game reserve for tourism. The Endorois, an indigenous people, had been promised compensation and benefits, but these were never fully implemented, and the community's access to the land was restricted to the discretion of the Game Reserve Authority. This prevented the community from practicing their pastoralist way of life, using ceremonial and religious sites, and accessing traditional medicines.

JOHN DOE I y otros c./ UNOCAL CORP. y otros, 395 F.3d 932 (9 Cir. 2002)

Durante la construcción de un oleoducto en Myanmar por parte de Unocal, empresa estadounidense productora de petróleo y gas, ésta contrató al ejército de dicho país para que lleve a cabo tareas de seguridad en la obra. Los pobladores locales de la zona en la que se estaba construyendo el oleoducto denunciaron que el ejército los sometió a desalojos forzosos, los obligó a trabajar en el proyecto, y cometió violaciones, asesinatos y torturas.

John Doe I, et al., v. UNOCAL Corp., et al., 395 F.3d 932 (9 Cir. 2002)

During Unocal's construction of an oil pipeline in Myanmar, it hired Myanmar's military for security while the pipeline was built. The villagers in the area where the pipeline was being constructed alleged the military forcefully evicted them, forced them to work on the project and raped, murdered and tortured them.

Asociación de Comunidades Aborígenes Lhaka Honhat. Caso Nº 12.094. [ENG]

In 1998, the Aboriginal Communities Association Lhaka Honat filed an action with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) against the State of Argentina. The communities living in Salta province denounced violations of their right to ancestral land, to cultural integrity and to a safe environment, following the State’s decision to build an international bridge and carry out an urban development plan in their territory, which would significantly alter their way of life.