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How B.C. lawyers helped an Indigenous community in Peru get a river declared a person with legal rights

How B.C. lawyers helped an Indigenous community in Peru get a river declared a person with legal rights

Earlier this year, a Peruvian court granted a river legal personhood. B.C. lawyers helped the Kukama Indigenous Women's Federation in its legal battle for guardianship over the Marañón River.

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