Effectiveness of legal mechanisms to protect the rights of black communities harmed by mining activities in the municipality of Río Quito-Chocó

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Escolástica del Rosario Mosquera Caro
Lisneider Hinestroza Cuesta

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Colombia’s legal framework allows the development of mining activities in territories of black communities such as the municipality of Rio Quito located in the department of Choco. This article presents a descriptive investigation about the violation of the rights of the black communities by the mining activity in the municipality of Río Quito, which by constitutional mandate has various legal mechanisms that allow the protection of their rights as popular action, group action and tutelage action exceptionally. In 2008, the mining activity carried out illegally in Río Quito generated water pollution with toxic substances such as mercury, motor oil and lubricating oils, putting the existence of its inhabitants at high risk, thereby affecting health, life and the cultural environment.

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Escolástica del Rosario Mosquera Caro, Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó

Abogada de la Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó 'Diego Luis Córdoba' . Joven Investigadora del grupo de investigación Derecho Sociedad y Medio Ambiente en la Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó (Colombia). Correo electrónico: rosario-91-sagrado@hotmail.com 

Lisneider Hinestroza Cuesta, Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó

Abogado de la Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó 'Diego Luis Córdoba' (Colombia). Magíster en Derecho de los Recursos Naturales de la Universidad Externado de Colombia (Bogotá). Estudiante de Doctorado en Derecho de la Universidad Externado de Colombia (Bogotá). Líder del grupo de investigación Derecho Sociedad y Medio Ambiente en la Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó 'Diego Luis Córdoba' (Colombia). Docente asistente en Comisión de Estudio de la Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó 'Diego Luis Córdoba'
(Colombia). Correo electrónico: lisneider@yahoo.es

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Mosquera Caro, E. del R., & Hinestroza Cuesta, L. (2018). Effectiveness of legal mechanisms to protect the rights of black communities harmed by mining activities in the municipality of Río Quito-Chocó. Opinión Jurídica, 17(33), 235-254. https://doi.org/10.22395/ojum.v17n33a10

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