Tag: Colonialism

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17.12.2021

Colonialism, the “civilizing mission” and their impact on the formation of International Law

A. Cafà / indigenous peoples, Mother Earth, Rights of Nature, sustainability, Traditional Knowledge

Those whom we call Indigenous Peoples, have not always been “Indigenous Peoples”. The term “Indigenous” in fact refers…

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28.10.2021

The Rights of Nature in Ecuador, Bolivia and Aotearoa New Zealand: Indigenous Peoples as Earth defenders and legal innovators

A. Cafà / Anthropocene, biodiversity, Convention on Biological Diversity, indigenous peoples, Mother Earth, Rights of Nature, sustainability, Traditional Knowledge

When talking about the protection of Nature, is crucial to stress the role of Indigenous peoples, whose cosmovision…

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06.06.2021

The anthropocentric approach in International Environmental Law

A. Cafà / Anthropocene, biodiversity, Convention on Biological Diversity, indigenous peoples, Mother Earth, Rights of Nature, sustainability

The 1972 Stockholm Declaration of the UN Conference on Human Environment states in its first article: “1. Man…

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24.03.2021

Comparing worldviews: sacred nature vs. “capitalist nature”

A. Cafà / Anthropocene, indigenous peoples, Mother Earth, Rights of Nature, sustainability

In the last few years, the legal systems of several countries have introduced some important innovations, resulting in…

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24.07.2020

The “Anthropocene” as a Eurocentric narrative?

A. Cafà / Anthropocene, indigenous peoples, Mother Earth, sustainability

Humans as “geological agents” We are living a moment of particular urgency, calling for a paradigmatic shift in…