UDTR Global Rights of Nature Radar

Pachamama worldview and the decolonial challenge of an emerging legal paradigm

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doi:10.5281/zenodo.19065659

Authors

Herón José de Santana Gordilho · Talita Benaion Bezerra Thevenin

Reported year

2026

Reported language

en

Source type

article

First detected

2026-11-09T19:04:47.583723+00:00

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2026-11-09T19:18:53.297001+00:00

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Institutions reported by the source

Universidade Federal da Bahia

Reported affiliation countries

BR

Documentary abstract — original language

This article analyzes the philosophical, legal, and political foundations that support the transition from the anthropocentric paradigm of domination to the institutionalization of the Rights of Nature. Based on the premise that the modern capitalist model has triggered a profound socio-environmental crisis, the study highlights the inadequacy of the concept of sustainable development, whose utilitarian ethics proves to be merely palliative. In contrast, an epistemological rupture emerges in Latin America, grounded in the indigenous worldview of Pachamama (Mother Earth), endorsed by the New Constitutionalism. The research is qualitative, with a historical-evolutionary approach, based on bibliographic and documentary analysis. Constitutional texts, critical legal doctrine, decolonial epistemologies, jurisprudence, and official sources were examined, with emphasis on the Constitutions of Ecuador (2008) and Bolivia (2009). The findings indicate that recognizing Nature as a subject of rights is not a mere extension of Environmental Law, but a paradigmatic shift that challenges the colonial foundations of legal dogmatics. The constitutionalization of the principles of Pachamama and Sumak Kawsay and Suma Qamaña in Latin American constitutions inaugurates a new pluralistic, ecocentric, and intercultural legal model, proposing the restoration of the relationship between humanity and Nature, with political, epistemic, and civilizational implications.

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OPENALEX

W7166452893

DOI

10.5281/zenodo.19065659

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Documentary family

Scholarship

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article

Jurisdictions studied — explicit sources

BO · EC

Natural entities mentioned

Mother Earth · Pachamama

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• DOI · https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19065659
• Document · https://sapientiaiuris.com/index.php/sapientiaiuris/article/view/64
• OpenAlex · https://openalex.org/W7166452893

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• Novo Constitucionalismo Latino-Americano, Meio Ambiente e Carta Constitucional de 1988 · CITES

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