{"id":1799,"date":"2026-10-01T17:51:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noapuertobaru.com\/?p=1799"},"modified":"2026-10-01T17:52:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:52:45","slug":"slapp-in-panama-when-defending-nature-ends-in-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noapuertobaru.com\/en\/articles-2\/slapp-in-panama-when-defending-nature-ends-in-courts\/","title":{"rendered":"SLAPP in Panama: when defending nature ends in courts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is not always an attempt to silence those who defend nature through physical violence. Sometimes, the pressure comes in the form of <\/span><b>claims, legal proceedings, legal costs and precautionary measures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. These are the calls <\/span><b>SLAPP<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or strategic lawsuits against public participation, judicial actions that may have characteristics of litigation intended to <\/span><b>intimidate, wear down, or silence voices.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1800\" src=\"https:\/\/noapuertobaru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TOP_DTD_SLAPP_Global-Witness-04-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/noapuertobaru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TOP_DTD_SLAPP_Global-Witness-04-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/noapuertobaru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TOP_DTD_SLAPP_Global-Witness-04-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/noapuertobaru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TOP_DTD_SLAPP_Global-Witness-04-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/noapuertobaru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TOP_DTD_SLAPP_Global-Witness-04-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/noapuertobaru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TOP_DTD_SLAPP_Global-Witness-04-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/noapuertobaru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TOP_DTD_SLAPP_Global-Witness-04-1639x2048.jpg 1639w, https:\/\/noapuertobaru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TOP_DTD_SLAPP_Global-Witness-04-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately, Panama is not excluded from this map, in the context of opposition to the project. <\/span><b>Puerto Baru<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, environmental organizations <\/span><b>Centre for Environmental Advocacy (CIAM)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> y <\/span><b>Adopt a Wood<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They face civil and criminal proceedings initiated by the company that promoted the project. The case was recently highlighted by the agency. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnoticias.net\/2026\/09\/acoso-legal-acecha-a-ambientalistas-latinoamericanos\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IPS in an article <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">about the growing legal harassment against environmental defenders in Latin America.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>More than 500 SLAPP cases in a decade<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The problem goes far beyond Panama; between 2015 and 2024, the <\/span><b>Business &amp; Human Rights Resource Centre<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> documented more than <\/span><b>530 cases of SLAPP<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> initiated by private actors against human rights defenders who had raised concerns related to business activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The organization's database continues to be updated and currently counts <\/span><b>566 SLAPP cases since 2015 worldwide<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, This shows that the phenomenon has not stopped, <\/span><b>191 of those cases occurred in Latin America<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the region with the highest recorded number.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Behind these figures are organizations, journalists, communities, and advocacy groups that must devote time, money, and energy to defending themselves in court for questioning activities or projects they consider harmful. The impacts of an SLAPP begin long before a verdict is issued and act, in many cases, as a legal gag on those who defend life.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Panama defends David's mangroves and ends up in court<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Panama, the case of <\/span><b>Puerto Baru<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> CIAM and Adopta Bosque are among the organizations that have questioned the project and its possible impacts on the environment. <\/span><b>Mangroves of David<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, In the Gulf of Chiriqu\u00ed, both organizations are part of the coalition that took legal action to challenge the approval of the Environmental Impact Study for Puerto Bar\u00fa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the Supreme Court of Justice is evaluating a lawsuit for nullity against that study, both organizations have had to face legal actions related to their opposition to the project. According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnoticias.net\/2026\/09\/acoso-legal-acecha-a-ambientalistas-latinoamericanos\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IPS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, The lawsuits include claims of damages, defamation, slander, and harm to the national economy. Within the civil process, a court also ordered measures regarding the organizations\u2019 accounts and assets. It is important to note that this is not a final judgment against the organizations, but rather measures taken while the process continues.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>The danger of SLAPP where the process can turn into punishment<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lawsuit does not need to end in a conviction to have consequences; defending oneself involves lawyers, financial resources, hours of work, public exposure, and uncertainty. When there are also precautionary measures regarding accounts or assets, an organization\u2019s ability to continue its work can be affected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The analysis itself <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/from-us\/briefings\/human-rights-defenders-and-business-10-year-analysis\/defending-rights-and-realising-just-economies-human-rights-defenders-and-business-2015-2024\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Business &amp; Human Rights Resource Centre <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It shows that the <\/span><b>judicial harassment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It accounted for more than half of the attacks against human rights defenders documented between 2015 and 2024. This category includes arbitrary arrests, abusive summonses, criminal proceedings, and SLAPP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, the risk not only affects those who receive a lawsuit; it also sends a message to other organizations, communities, or individuals that speaking out can come at a cost. That potential deterrent effect on public participation is one of the reasons why SLAPP raises international concern.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In statements to IPS, <\/span><b>Carlos Bichet, lawyer of CIAM<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, placed the case of Puerto Bar\u00fa within a regional problem of judicial harassment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe case has no concrete legal basis. It is a serious problem, because it is not an isolated case; it occurs in the context of a broader pattern of judicial harassment in the region. It sends the message that people should not oppose the project.\u201d Carlos Bichet.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the position expressed by CIAM's lawyer regarding the proceedings the organization is facing. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnoticias.net\/2026\/09\/acoso-legal-acecha-a-ambientalistas-latinoamericanos\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IPS <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also points out that CIAM is preparing a complaint to the Committee for the Support of the Application and Compliance with the Agreement. <\/span><b>Escaz\u00fa Agreement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, arguing obstacles to its implementation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Latin America where defending nature remains dangerous<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The judicial harassment also occurs in a region marked by much more extreme forms of violence against those who protect territories and ecosystems. According to <\/span><b>Global Witness<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, At least, <\/span><b>124 defenders of the territory and the environment were murdered during 2025<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>85% of those murders occurred in Latin America<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Since Global Witness began documenting these attacks in 2012, Colombia has recorded 39 cases, Brazil 26, Honduras 12 and Mexico 10, the organization has recorded. <\/span><b>2,375 human rights defenders killed or disappeared<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1801\" src=\"https:\/\/noapuertobaru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TOP_DTD_SLAPP_Global-Witness-09-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/noapuertobaru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TOP_DTD_SLAPP_Global-Witness-09-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/noapuertobaru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TOP_DTD_SLAPP_Global-Witness-09-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/noapuertobaru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TOP_DTD_SLAPP_Global-Witness-09-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/noapuertobaru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TOP_DTD_SLAPP_Global-Witness-09-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/noapuertobaru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TOP_DTD_SLAPP_Global-Witness-09-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/noapuertobaru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TOP_DTD_SLAPP_Global-Witness-09-1639x2048.jpg 1639w, https:\/\/noapuertobaru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TOP_DTD_SLAPP_Global-Witness-09-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are different forms of pressure and violence, and they should not be equated with each other. However, together they show the context of risk in which many people and organizations today exercise environmental advocacy. Similarly, when environmental organizations must ask themselves whether they will be able to continue operating after questioning a project, the problem no longer affects only that organization. It affects public participation and our collective ability to protect nature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, protecting ecosystems also means <\/span><b>protecting those who speak up to defend them<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Defending those who defend #DefendTheDefenders #Defends The Mangroves<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source<\/span> <b><br \/>\n<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/from-us\/briefings\/human-rights-defenders-and-business-10-year-analysis\/defending-rights-and-realising-just-economies-human-rights-defenders-and-business-2015-2024\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Business &amp; Human Rights Resource Centre<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IPS article<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnoticias.net\/2026\/09\/acoso-legal-acecha-a-ambientalistas-latinoamericanos\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Legal harassment stalks Latin American environmentalists<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reported by Global Witness <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/globalwitness.org\/es\/campaigns\/land-and-environmental-defenders\/poder-colectivo\/\"><b>The struggle for the protection of people who defend the territory and the environment<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) is a legal action that presents characteristics of litigation intended to intimidate, wear down, or silence individuals or organizations that participate in matters of public interest. 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