Derechos de los Pueblos y Defensores/as de Territorios

Friends of the Earth International argues that the neoliberal capitalist system drives multiple ecological and social crises, leading to the systemic violation of the collective rights of marginalized communities. The organization advocates for a shift from individual human rights frameworks to 'Rights of Peoples' to protect indigenous, Afro-descendant, and peasant communities. It defines 'territory' as a socially constructed space encompassing spiritual, cultural, and physical relationships, including the human body, and positions the defense of these territories and their defenders as essential for achieving a transformative system change toward sustainable societies.

• The expansion of the neoliberal economic system is identified as a structural cause of various global crises, including those related to climate, biodiversity, food, water, and health, which threaten ecological systems and livelihoods.
• Corporate and state actors respond to collective resistance by attacking marginalized communities through stigmatization, imprisonment, torture, and murder, while promoting 'green capitalism' and the financialization of nature.
• FoEI argues that individual human rights are insufficient for protecting indigenous, Afro-descendant, and peasant peoples, asserting that their survival depends on the recognition and protection of collective rights.
• The document defines 'territory' as a socially constructed space based on spiritual, cultural, physical, and social dynamics, explicitly including the human body as a territory of resistance against sexual and labor exploitation.
• FoEI opposes a patriarchal political-economic system that relies on land and water grabbing for monoculture biofuels, mining projects, and mega-dams for electricity generation.

APA

Amunátegui, L., Fandel, G., Prak, C., & Urrea, D. (2023). Derechos de los Pueblos y Defensores/as de Territorios. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ISS-Conceptual-Framework-SP.pdf

Chicago

Amunátegui, Loreto, Ghislaine Fandel, Caroline Prak, and Danilo Urrea. Derechos de los Pueblos y Defensores/as de Territorios. Friends of the Earth International, 2023. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ISS-Conceptual-Framework-SP.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{amuntegui2023derechos, author = {Amunátegui, Loreto and Fandel, Ghislaine and Prak, Caroline and Urrea, Danilo}, title = {{Derechos de los Pueblos y Defensores/as de Territorios}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2023}, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ISS-Conceptual-Framework-SP.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }