Astrid Puentes Riaño

Astrid Puentes Riaño
Born1975 (age 50–51)
Bogotá
EducationUniversidad de Los Andes, (Bogotá, Colombia) Universidad del País Vasco (San Sebastián, España) University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida) Universidad de Costa Rica
OccupationLaw professor
EmployerUniversidad Iberoamericana Law School
Known forUnited Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment
PredecessorDavid Boyd

Astrid Jovanna Puentes Riaño (born 1975) is a Colombian-born Mexican law professor. She has led the Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA) to support the people who live in La Oroya, "one of the most polluted places on Earth". In 2024 she became the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human right to a healthy environment.

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