The Inter-American Court of Human Rights outlined in its Advisory Opinion No. 32 (OC-32), released on July 3, 2025, how human rights must be ensured in the face of the climate emergency. This landmark opinion sets the course for the protection of both valuable ecosystems and the rights of people in Latin America -a region […]

The organizations that make up the Alliance for Andean Wetlands alert the Ramsar Convention Secretariat about the changes in the ecological conditions of the Andean wetlands and the non-compliance of the countries with their international obligations.  The Alliance for Andean Wetlands sent an urgent alert to the General Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention, an international […]

The expansion of industrial extraction of lithium and other minerals for the energy transition of the global north threatens wetlands in Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. These delicate ecosystems are an abundant source of life and fundamental for human subsistence, environmental balance and for mitigating and adapting to the climate crisis. The Andean wetlands – including salt flats, […]

On Friday, November 15, representatives of national and regional organizations from Latin America, together with members of indigenous communities and peoples, participated in a regional public hearing before Commissioners and the Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural, and Environmental Rights (REDESCA) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to discuss the Human Rights violations that […]

A public hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will focus on the impact of the expansion and intensification of extractive operations for transition minerals like lithium and copper on communities in Latin America. Washington DC. On November 15, at a public hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, representatives of national and […]