Q&A: The U.N.’s New Special Rapporteur for Human Rights and Environment Previously Won a Landmark Case in Peru

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By By Katie SurmaJun 17, 2024, 5:00 am574 ptsHotTop
Astrid Puentes Riaño, a Colombian lawyer based in Mexico City, is the first woman, and the first person from the Global South, to hold the mandate that links human rights, the environment and, by extension, climate change. By Katie Surma Just weeks before Astrid Puentes Riaño took over as the United…

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