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Inter-American Court Recognizes Rights to Food, Water, Healthy Environment, and Cultural Identity in Lhaka Honhat Case

In Lhaka Honhat v. Argentina, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights held that Argentina violated its obligations under Article 1.1 of the American...

Amicus presented in indigenous rights case before Inter-American Court

This past March, eight members—Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia, Amnesty International,...

Gaza blockade posing serious threats to economic, social and cultural rights

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Mining projects in Colombia rejected by popular vote initiated by social movements

On 27 March, 2017, the residents of the Cajamarca region of Colombia, decided by a democratic popular referendum to reject a mining project that threatens an environmentally protected rural area...

Victory over global steel giant by farmers’ social movement in India

Around the world, social movements and human rights advocates are celebrating the definitive suspension of the POSCO-India project. The project, which represented the largest source of foreign direct investment (FDI) in India’s history, entailed a massive integrated...

MAB mobilized around International day of action against dams

Every year, 14 March is marked by worldwide protests against dams and their impact on human rights of affected communities, since the first International day of action against dams and for rivers, water and life held in 1991. This year, again, thousands of people...