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Environmental Justice<\/h3>\n

Litigation<\/p>\n


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\n Dejusticia intervention regarding the invalidity requests of sentence T-445 of 2016 on the popular consultation to decide on mining Pijao<\/a>
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\n By Gabriela Eslava<\/a>, Mariluz Barrag\u00e1n<\/a>, Helena Dur\u00e1n<\/a>
\n | Nov 18, 2016
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On November 11th, Dejusticia conducted a citizen intervention before the
\nConstitutional Court regarding the invalidation request of sentences T-445 of
\n2016 presented by the National Mining Agency, the Ministry of Mines and Energy,
\nASOGRAVAS, The Tolima Miners and Hydrocarbons Association, and the Colombian
\nMining Association.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

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\n Intervention on the granting of mining licenses in the Mining Code<\/a>
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\n By Helena Dur\u00e1n<\/a>, Mauricio Albarrac\u00edn<\/a>, Diana Rodr\u00edguez Franco<\/a>
\n | Aug 1, 2016
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Dejusticia intervened litigating the unconstitutionality of several articles in the Mining Code (Law 685 of 2001). The intervention focused on showing how the process to grant mining licenses violated several constitutional principles and rights. <\/p>\n

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\n Dejusticia intervenes in defense of the rights of communities from the Atrato river<\/a>
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\n By Helena Dur\u00e1n<\/a>, Mauricio Albarrac\u00edn<\/a>
\n | Jul 11, 2016
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Dejusticia filed its intervention with the Constitutional Court of Colombia, in a protection case filed by the Center for the Study of Social Justice, “Tierra Digna.” The case relates to the environmental pollution of this river basin, which has resulted from mechanized mining activities and from the unauthorized exploitation of forest resources.<\/p>\n

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\n Coadyudancia in Favor of Popular Consultation in Pijao<\/a>
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\n By Helena Dur\u00e1n<\/a>, Mauricio Albarrac\u00edn<\/a>, Diana Rodr\u00edguez Franco<\/a>
\n | Jun 29, 2016
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Coadyuvancia to the tutela process defending the right of citizen participation in the popular consultation about mining proposed by the mayor of Pijao.<\/p>\n

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\n Dejusticia Intervenes in Defense of the Santurb\u00e1n P\u00e1ramo<\/a>
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\n By Helena Dur\u00e1n<\/a>, Mauricio Albarrac\u00edn<\/a>, Diana Rodr\u00edguez Franco<\/a>
\n | May 13, 2016
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Dejusticia intervened in an action for protection filed by the Committee for the Defense of Water and the Santurb\u00e1n P\u00e1ramo, against the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development, which is currently being reviewed by the Constitutional Court. <\/p>\n

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\n What should the mining licensees prove, which are opponents of land restitution processes of ethnic communities, to show good faith free of guilt?<\/a>
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\n By Sara Milena Ferrer Valencia<\/a>, Angie Paola Botero Giraldo<\/a>
\n | Dec 22, 2015
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We presented an amicus curiae in the land restitution process in support of the Cocomopoca afro-descendant community.<\/p>\n

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\n Intervention before the Constitutional Court in Writ of Constitutional Protection that Seeks to Protect a Wetland in Santander from Large-Scale Ranching<\/a>
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\n By Helena Dur\u00e1n<\/a>, Mauricio Albarrac\u00edn<\/a>, Diana Rodr\u00edguez Franco<\/a>
\n | Nov 25, 2015
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We intervened in the revision process of a writ of constitutional protection requested by a citizen of Satander that seeks to protect a wetland that has been affected by large-scale ranching of an agricultural actor in the area.<\/p>\n

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\n Some Regulations of the New Nacional Development Plan Violate the Protection of Paramos, Citizen Participation, and Land Restitution<\/a>
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\n By Helena Dur\u00e1n<\/a>, Mauricio Albarrac\u00edn<\/a>, Angie Paola Botero Giraldo<\/a>
\n | Oct 29, 2015
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We intervened in new litigation arguing the inconstitutionality of some of the articles of the new National Development Plan 2014-2018.<\/p>\n

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\n Intervention in Favor of the Nasa Community due to Glyphosate in Putumayo<\/a>
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\n By Sergio Chaparro Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a>, Paola Molano Ayala<\/a>, Carlos Andr\u00e9s Baquero D\u00edaz<\/a>
\n | Jul 1, 2015
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Dejusticia intervened in the revision process of a writ of constitutional protection case due to the violation of the indigenous community Nasa’s right to prior consultation in Putumayo, resulting in the aereal fumigation with glysophate of illicit crops.<\/p>\n

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