Rights of Nature for Bodies of Water: Río Atrato Case in Colombia

Online Event

From the LALS website:

Rights of Nature for Bodies of Water: "The Atrato River Case in Colombia” with Maryury Mosquera Palacios,  Alexander Rodríguez Mena, Felipe Ospina, and Natalia Quiceno. Hosted by Kristina Lyons. 

Join this webinar on the granting of legal rights to bodies of water from legal, social scientific, and community water guardian perspectives with Maryury Mosquera Palacios,  Alexander Rodríguez Mena, Felipe Ospina, and Natalia Quiceno. Hosted by Kristina Lyons, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Humanities. 

Felipe Clavijo Ospina:Former Law Clerk at the Constitutional Court of Colombia and Professor of Constitutional Law at El Bosque University in Bogota.

Maryury Mosquera Palacios: Agronomist and Technical Secretary of the Commission of Community Guardians of the Atrato River in the state of Choco.

Natalia Quiceno Toro: Professor and Researcher with the Culture, Violence and Territory Group of the Institute of Regional Studies at Antioquia University in Medellin. 

Alexander Rodriguez Mena: Lawyer and member of the Commission of Community Guardians of the Atrato River in the state of Choco.

Affiliated with Consejo Comunitario del Alto Atrato COCOOPOCA and Foro Interétnico Solidaridad Chocó (FISCH).

Hosted by Kristina Lyons, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania.

Find more about Kristina Lyons here!

Please register for this online event here!

 

This is an event flyer for Rights of Nature for Bodies of Water displaying a photo of the Río Atrato