SIXTH ORDER
THE ATRATO IS LIFE
TIMELINE
CREi Strategy
Formulation, by the Ministry of Defense, of the CREi strategy to analyze the phenomenon of illegal mining in Chocó.
Filing of PAO6 to the Constitutional Court
Filing, by the Ministry of Defense, of the document “I commit with the Atrato”. No agreement or socialization with CCGA.
Observations to the PAO6
CCGA submission of a document about unconformities y observations to the Plan “I commit with the Atrato”.
Meeting about the PAO6
Meeting between the Ministry of Defense-CCGA to review differences about the plan. No agreements.
Legal paper (oficio in spanish) observations rejection
Referral of the Oficio by the Ministry of Defense to CCGA, which dismisses the proposals for adjustments to the Action Plan.
Meeting between CCGA and the Ministry of Defense
Meeting between the CCGA and the Ministry of Defense about the progress in the fulfillment of the judgment, interinstitutional articulation, and collective work regarding the use of mercury and illegal extraction of minerals in the watershed of the Atrato River.
Meeting between the Ministry of Defense and the Commission of Guardians
The CCGA shows concerns due to the lack of progress of Order 6. The security of leaders, in the judgment, regarding the way of communicating with the operatives is discussed. The strategy of communication on mercury effects through radio slots is discussed. CCGA requests the presentation of progress in the judgment.
Meeting between the Ministry of Defense and the Commission of Guardians
The Ministry of Defense presents actions in fulfillment of the legal axis of the plan. Police and the Attorney General’s office present a report.
Bill 059 of 2020
Filed in the Congress. Establishes measures for the cessation of the illegal exploitation of minerals. It was formulated by the Ministry of Environment and the cooperation of the Ministries of Mining, Defense, and Justice.
Decree 0181 of 2020
Issued by the Government of Chocó. IT adopts measures for the control of the trade of inputs used in illegal mining.
Meeting about Decree 181 of 2020
Meeting between the Governorates of Chocó, Mayor’s offices, and the Commission of Guardians to discuss Decree 181 of 2020. The need for a regulation about the police procedure is agreed upon.
Resolution 1170 of 2020
Issuance by the Government of Chocó, regulating Decree 181 of 2020.
Socialization to MADS (The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development) about “Protocol of Delivery of Liberated Areas of Illegal Exploitation of Minerals in the Atrato River Watershed”.
Working group organized by the Ministry of Defense to socialize with the Ministry of the Environment and others on the proposal for the “Protocol for the Surrender of Freed Areas from Illegal Mineral Exploitation in the Atrato River Watershed”.
Mining Ministry training
Training provided by the Vice-Ministry of Mines on “Normative Coordination Tools for the Control of Illegal Mineral Exploitation” for the authorities and control entities in Chocó.
Need for revision PAO6
Meeting between the Ministry of Defense and the Guardians Commission to analyze progress in the implementation of the sixth order due to concerns about the increase in mining. Concluded the need for revision and PAO6.
Interinstitutional roundtable on illegal mining in the Atrato watershed
Inter-institutional roundtable for compliance with the August 30th, 2024, Order of the Cundinamarca 2024 of the Administrative Tribunal of Cundinamarca, with the objective of evaluating the operations, designing a shock plan, designing indicators for monitoring, and articulating their execution in the regions.
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.