Bhatia, AmarSimard, Joseph Jonathan Edward2024-07-182024-07-182024-03-042024-07-18https://hdl.handle.net/10315/42115Assertions of Mapuche and Aymara law in defence of waters are hampered by a legacy of state violence, and continued appropriation of Indigenous worldviews under commodified conceptions of nature. I interrogate and analyze the connection between Chile’s water market regime, natural resource extraction, water scarcity, and free trade and foreign investment. Chile’s Water Code facilitates water-intensive agribusiness, mineral extraction, and salmon aquaculture as part of export-oriented economy. At the same time, free trade agreements signed with EU countries knowingly encourage overextraction of water and natural resources. I argue in favour of grassroots movements toward land restitution and jurisdiction as solution. I aim to show international human rights litigation and the concept of virtual water as legal means to hold Chile and major EU importing states responsible for environmental harm, and violation of Mapuche and Aymara peoples’ right to water including ancestral and cultural uses.Author owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.EcologyEnvironmental lawInternational lawElectronic Thesis or Dissertation2024-07-18ChileWater regulationRightsHuman right to waterMapucheAymaraFree tradeForeign investmentIndigenous peoplesAmericasLatin AmericaPinochetConstitutionJusticeEcologyPlaceInternational wawInternational human rightsMiningAgribusinessAquacultureFisheriesWater marketWater rights