The protection of the environment through the land and resources naturales

Authors

  • Irene Claro Quintás Universidad Pontificia Comillas

Keywords:

Lands and natural resources, Inter-American Human Rights System, Indigenous people, the right to property, environment.

Abstract

The present article studies the protection of Indigenous peoples’ right to land andnatural resources by Inter-American Human Rights Instruments. This is one of themost notable features of the international human rights regime and it has been interpretedas a way to protect the right to environment of Indigenous people.

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Published

2012-12-05

How to Cite

Claro Quintás, I. (2012). The protection of the environment through the land and resources naturales. Icade. Journal of the Faculty of Law at Universidad Pontificia Comillas, (87), 97–109. Retrieved from https://revistas.comillas.edu/index.php/revistaicade/article/view/498