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Article

27 Nov 2009

Author:
Antonio Valencia, La Nación [Chile]

Suprema aplica Convenio 169 y reconoce derechos de aguas ancestrales [Chile]

A tres milímetros de altura y tras catorce años de litigio, un puñado de treinta aymaras de Chusmiza-Usmagama acaba de torcer la historia: en fallo unánime, la Segunda Sala de la Corte Suprema aplicó por primera vez el Convenio 169 de la OIT vigente en Chile desde octubre, reconociendo el derecho ancestral sobre el agua en disputa con una empresa embotelladora [Agua Mineral Chusmiza] que, habiendo inscrito sus derechos de agua a fines de los ’90, pretendía vender el vital recurso en botellas...Nancy Yáñez, abogada del Observatorio Ciudadano...cataloga como “un gran triunfo” el fallo...

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Chile: Supreme Court hands down “landmark” ruling in favour of indigenous communities’ water rights in case against company Agua Mineral Chusmiza

Agua Mineral Chusmiza lawsuit (re Chile)

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