Unión de Afectados por las Operaciones de Texaco (UDAPT)

UDAPT - The Union of People Affected by Texaco's Oil Operations is a non-profit Private Rights Corporation, domiciled in the city of Nueva Loja, province of Sucumbíos, which carries out actions within the provinces of the Amazon Region. UDAPT was created in 2001 under the name of ADAPT, Association of People Affected by Texaco. From there, he works hard in the fight for a healthy and ecologically balanced environment. Its legal status was legally recognized by Ministerial Agreement No. 476, issued in the Metropolitan District of Quito on October 23, 2012, by the Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Worship. It is governed by the Constitution of Ecuador, the Civil Code, other related laws, its statute and internal regulations. Our mission is: To implement and consolidate comprehensive strategies and actions in defense of human rights and nature, food sovereignty and productive sustainability, together with peoples, nationalities and communities affected by policies and activities harmful to human health and the environment, in order to achieve a dignified life. The objectives of UDAPT are to fight within the framework of the law, for the respect of Human Rights and Nature, until achieving a dignified life for all the peoples of the Amazon. We are currently focused on two main lines of work. Defense of Human Rights and Nature, for which we implement various legal actions before different institutions of the Ecuadorian State and external human rights systems. Among the most significant actions are: Legal action against the oil company Chevron for the damage caused to the peoples and nature in the Ecuadorian Amazon, the lawsuit of nine adolescent women against the Ecuadorian state to eliminate the approximately 500 lighters where gas is combusted in the Amazon; more than 10 lawsuits against other public and private oil companies for various environmental damages and violation of the Rights of Nature. We have filed four lawsuits against the Ecuadorian State