Solicitud conjunta de autorización de la Sociedad Cooperativa de Producción Pesquera Puerto Chale S.C.L. y del Center for International Environmental Law para proceder como amicus curiae en el caso de arbitraje Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. c. los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (Caso CIADI No. UNCT/20/1)

The Sociedad Cooperativa de Producción Pesquera Puerto Chale and CIEL submitted an amicus curiae brief arguing that Mexico was justified in denying an environmental permit for the Don Diego seabed mining project in the Gulf of Ulloa. They claim the project would cause irreversible damage to marine biodiversity, contaminate the area with radioactive elements, and violate the human rights of local fishing communities, including their rights to work, health, and a healthy environment.

• The Don Diego Project is a seabed mining operation that proposes to dredge 91,000 hectares of the seabed in the Gulf of Ulloa, within Mexico's Exclusive Economic Zone, to extract 7 million tons of sand and phosphate rock annually for 50 years.
• The project area overlaps with a designated fishing refuge zone and the fishing concession of the Puerto Chale Cooperative, which is valid until 2035, creating an incompatibility between mining and fishing activities.
• The amici argue that the project would cause severe and potentially irreversible damage to marine biodiversity, specifically threatening marine mammals such as Humpback, Bryde's, and Gray whales, as well as the loggerhead sea turtle.
• The extraction process poses a risk of radioactive contamination from elements such as uranium and thorium, which could be released into the air and sea, endangering human health and the ecosystem.
• The amici assert that the Mexican State was obligated to reject the project based on the precautionary principle of international law, given the scientific uncertainty regarding the impacts of deep-sea mining.
• The project is described as a threat to the human rights of the local population, including the right to work, the right to health, the right to a healthy environment, and the right to participate in cultural life, as fishing is both a livelihood and a cultural identity for the community.
• The brief highlights the economic importance of fishing in Baja California Sur, noting that the state is the third-largest producer of fish in Mexico by total catch and production value.
• The amici argue that the Mexican State's decision to deny the permit is consistent with its international obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR), and the San Salvador Protocol.

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (2021). Solicitud conjunta de autorización de la Sociedad Cooperativa de Producción Pesquera Puerto Chale S.C.L. y del Center for International Environmental Law para proceder como amicus curiae en el caso de arbitraje Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. c. los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (Caso CIADI No. UNCT/20/1). https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Amicus-Curiae-solicitud-de-autorización-y-escrito-de-CIEL-y-la-Cooperativa-Puerto-Chale.pdf

Chicago

Center for International Environmental Law. Solicitud conjunta de autorización de la Sociedad Cooperativa de Producción Pesquera Puerto Chale S.C.L. y del Center for International Environmental Law para proceder como amicus curiae en el caso de arbitraje Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. c. los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (Caso CIADI No. UNCT/20/1). 2021. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Amicus-Curiae-solicitud-de-autorización-y-escrito-de-CIEL-y-la-Cooperativa-Puerto-Chale.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{centerforinternationalenvironmentallaw2021solicitud, author = {{Center for International Environmental Law}}, title = {{Solicitud conjunta de autorización de la Sociedad Cooperativa de Producción Pesquera Puerto Chale S.C.L. y del Center for International Environmental Law para proceder como amicus curiae en el caso de arbitraje Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. c. los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (Caso CIADI No. UNCT/20/1)}}, institution = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2021}, month = oct, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Amicus-Curiae-solicitud-de-autorización-y-escrito-de-CIEL-y-la-Cooperativa-Puerto-Chale.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }