La lucha de los pueblos étnicos por la defensa del territorio en Colombia: una ventana hacia la paz ambiental y la transición sociocológica justa
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This article reflects on the convergence between efforts to build environmental peace and the commitment to a just socio-ecological transition in Colombia, arguing that both involve overcoming the structures of domination inherent in the extractivist model, which are also present in much of Latin America. Using a bottom-up approach, it examines how the struggles of ethnic communities have succeeded in creating a legal environment favourable to the defence of territory and nature, which, in turn, led to the recognition of the Atrato River as a rights-holder by the Constitutional Court and the accreditation of the territory as a victim of the armed conflict before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, opening the door for the protection of rights and the implementation of reparation mechanisms to be carried out from an ontological-relational perspective.
DOI: 10.5209/redc.106717
Author: Diego Felipe Romero Rueda
Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7162037498