A Zapotec citizen, representing the community of San Bartolo Coyotepec, Oaxaca, filed a lawsuit against municipal, state, and federal authorities in Mexico for failing to protect Benito Juárez National Park (a protected natural area), thereby violating his right to a healthy environment and the territorial rights of his people. The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ruled in favor of the plaintiff, invoking progressive instruments such as the Escazú Agreement and Advisory Opinion 32/2025 of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on the climate emergency.

 

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