FOURTH ORDER
THE ATRATO IS LIFE
TIMELINE
Decree 1148 of 2017
Designation of the Ministry of Environment as the state guardian of Atrato
Constitution of the Collegiate Body of Guardians of the Atrato (CCGA)
Constitution of the Cuerpo Colegiado de Guardianes del Atrato (CCGA) as a community guardian, and delegation of 14 guardian leaders.
Constitution of the Cuerpo Colegiado de Guardianes del Atrato (CCGA) as a community guardian, and delegation of 14 guardian leaders.
Constitution of the Cuerpo Colegiado de Guardianes del Atrato.
II Session of the Guardians Commission
Provided the lack of progress regarding PAO5, it was agreed that a methodology for its collective construction should be agreed upon.
III Session of the Guardians Commission
Approval of the Commission's Operating Regulations. Approval of the 2019 work plan.
IV Session of the Guardians Commission
Review of the manner in which the T-622 judgment was included in the PND 2018-2022.
V Session of the Guardians Commission
Presentation of progress in the construction of PAO5 and review of the problems surrounding the Mina El Roble, Carmen of Atrato.
VII Session of the Guardians Commission
Discussion on Convention 1299 for formulation of ODP7.
VIII Session of the Guardians Commission
Submission of the work report 2019 and approval of the Commission’s work plan 2020.
IX Session of the Guardians Commission
The governorates of Antioquia and Chocó, and many municipalities, present the actions included in their development plans, and the Commission presents the mechanism to articulate them.
Working groups with local and regional authorities
Roundtables with mayors, governors, and DNP throughout the High, Middle, and Low watersheds to review the inclusion of T-622 in their development plans.
Guideline documents for territory entities
CCGA submission to the Mayor’s office and the Governorates, of a document with guidelines for the inclusion of actions from T-622 in their development plans.
X Session of the Guardians Commission
The cessation of the illegal extraction of minerals was demanded, since it is a pivotal factor for the fulfillment of the other orders.
XI Session of the Guardians
End of the term of office of Minister Ricardo Lozano. The importance of his administration was recognized.
XII Session of the Guardians
Update of the order fulfilment progress by the CCGA to the new Minister. The main needs of the process, for its successful implementation, were set. The Ministry commits to the Environmental Education project.
XIII Session of the Guardians Commission
The CCGA presents a territorial and contextual analysis of the watershed situation.
Summit of Mayors of Atrato
Called by the Commission of Guardians and Codechocó. The liabilities of the mayors’ offices in the fulfillment of the ruling were reviewed, and the problematics of each municipality were heard.
XV Session of the Guardians Commission
Approval of the work plan of the Commission for the year 2022.
XVI Session of the Guardians Commission
Presentation of the progress of the order 5 at the end of the term of office of the government and strategy for inclusion of T-622 in PND 2022-2026.
XVII Session of the Guardians Commission
A dialogue was held between the Guardians of the River, and the importance of the inclusion of the ST-622 of 2016 in the new National Development Plan was raised.
XVIII Session of the Guardians Commission
Collective analysis of the gaps identified in the Atrato Forum, Territory of Culture, and life in the framework of the ST-622 of 2016 and the strategic proposal that is raised by the Government for the fulfillment of the Judgment.
Territorial influence tour before the Municipal governments of the watershed
From March 4th to 11th, the Commission of Guardians made an influence tour before the municipality administrations of the watershed, aiming to settle the judgment T-622 in the interior of the recently positioned municipality administrations and to boost it duly fulfilment by these local actors, that until that time, have had a weak participation in the process of the ruling implementation.
XIX Session of the Guardians Commission
Approval of the work plan of the Commission for the year 2024.
Technical roundtable Commission of Guardians
Progress review of the work plan of the Commission.
Technical roundtable Commission of Guardians
Progress review of the work plan of the Commission.
XX Session of the Guardians Commission
The review and harmonization of the action plans and the reaffirmation of the prioritized actions as Commission of Guardians to guarantee the rights of the River were agreed.
Invited columnists: Viviana Gonzáles and Rodrigo Rogelis, members of the Centro Sociojurídico para la Defensa Territorial Siembra, legal attorneys of the petitioners of the judgment T-622 of the Atrato River.
In order to guarantee the protection and decontamination of the Atrato River, in Chocó, Colombia, the judges of the Constitutional Court declared it a “subject of right”. Six years after the judgment, there is still a lot to do. This is a collective work with the journalist Marie Eve Detoeuf, from “Le Monde”.
The Guardians of Atrato, along with the Centro Sociojurídico Siembra, will submit next Thursday, November 3rd, a petition to the Constitutional Court for the fifth anniversary of the Judgment T-622, the first to acknowledge a River a subject of rights. In the text, the status of the implementation of the judgment is identified, and even though it has progressed, it has not been fully fulfilled.
“The judgment T-622 of the Constitutional Court? Everybody here knows it”, says José Adán Palacios, while he charges his boat on the pier of Quibdó. José Adán, who is from Bojayá, transports passengers and merchandise, and knows better than anyone this majestic River and its watersheds. “But the judgment has not changed a thing; the contamination carries on, whether it is due to the mining, deforestation, or trash”, the boatman sighs.