Earth Rights for the Advancement of a Planetary Health Agenda.

Catalina Correa-Salazar, Isabela Marín-Carvajal, María Alejandra García, Kathleen Fox, Mariana Chilton
Author Information
  1. Catalina Correa-Salazar: Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia. ORCID
  2. Isabela Marín-Carvajal: Fundación Ideas para la Paz, Bogota, Colombia.
  3. María Alejandra García: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
  4. Kathleen Fox: Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  5. Mariana Chilton: Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Abstract

This article discusses Earth's Rights as an environmental justice mechanism of reparation, protection, and justice for indigenous communities, environmental defenders, and other populations in Latin America. We argue that Earth's rights encompass and include the right to health and can be integrated into international human rights frameworks to protect all forms of life, responding to colonial legacies of discrimination and violence. We respond to the scarcity of literature discussing Earth's rights in relation to situations where human rights and Earth's rights are violated. We ground our argument in the theoretical conceptualization of Latin American proposals of Earth's rights and its potential for actionable policy approaches that include human health as inevitably interconnected to our planet's well-being. We address the environmental injustices that affect the right to health and argue that an Earth's rights framework can support reparations for historically marginalized communities.

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MeSH Term

Humans
Human Rights
Global Health
Earth, Planet
Latin America
Environmental Justice
Right to Health

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