Sentencia SU698-17, Sala Plena de la Corte Constitucional, 28 de noviembre de 2017, Expediente T-5.443.609, Magistrado Sustanciador: Luis Guillermo Guerrero Pérez: http://www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/relatoria/2017/SU698-17.htm
Representatives of indigenous communities presented constitutional claims against government authorities and a mining company (Cerrejón) for threatening their fundamental rights to water, food sovereignty, and health by diverting a 3-kilometer section of a stream (Arroyo Bruno) in order to expand coal-mining operations in an arid region of the Department of La Guajira in Colombia.
STC4360-2018 de la Corte Suprema de Justicia, Sala de Casacion Civil, M.P. Luis Armando Tolosa Villabona, April 05, 2018:
Sentencia T-154/13 (Orlando José Morales Ramos contra la Sociedad Drummond Ltda.), Sala Sexta de Revisión de la Corte Constitucional de Colombia, 21 de marzo de 2013:
http://www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/RELATORIA/2013/T-154-13.htm
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Sentence C-035/16 of the Constitutional Court of Colombia (Alberto Castilla et al v. Colombia):
Citizens presented constitutional claims against several provisions of the laws that approved the 2010-2014 National Development Plan (Law 1450 of 2011) and the 2014-2018 National Development Plan (Law 1753 of 2015).
After a 6-year negotiation process, 24 Latin American and Caribbean countries have adopted a regional agreement to ensure access to information, participation, and justice in environmental matters. Upon entering into force, the agreement will include the first ever legally binding provisions to protect environmental defenders from threats and attacks.
