3 November 2009 | Interviews | Climate Justice and Energy
Against Environmental Impunity
Nora Cortiñas, from Madres de Plaza de Mayo Línea Fundadora and Dialogo 2000 Jubilee South
1:30 minutes
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In Argentina, families of victims of the past military dictatorship have been carrying out a hard battle in defense of human rights, in every sense of the word. Never leaving aside the struggle to know the truth about where the disappeared people are and to enforce the law for the ones to blame, the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo have extended their participation into other fields.
Nora Cortiñas was one of the judges of the First Hearing of the International Climate Justice Tribunal, held by mid-October in Cochabamba, Bolivia. This space was used to establish moral sanctions to the companies accused of environmental crimes.
In this framework, the Argentinian activist said that, for instance, the lack of proper access to water suffered by many Latin American communities is also a violation to human rights, and the companies accused of environmental crimes should be held accountable.
Despite the fact that the organization Cortiñas is member of was created to respond to a specific situation, they understood that they shouldn´t be classified into only one field of work, and thus they have been dealing with issues like the non-payment of the foreign debt, and the consolidation of social movements at a regional level.
Nora Cortiñas also made reference to the military-oligarchic coup in Honduras, a country she visited as international observer a month after the coup was staged.
Photo: http://www.madres.org
