The Conflict Over the Atuel River in Argentina

摘要

The Supreme Court's new ruling highlighted that this conflict between the two provinces was different from the one the Court resolved in 1987, and held that it must be resolved based on a concerted federalism that overcomes separatist approaches. It said that the case, in its current form, involved an environmental problem; that there was a right to water that must overcome the ownership model to be systemic and ecocentric. It found that access to drinking water directly affects the life and health of people, and that its protection is essential for nature to maintain its functioning as a system and its regenerative capacity and resilience. It also affirmed that the fight against desertification includes focusing on the supply of water, not only on the demand for water.