2 In a Vote pronounced in such case, the intertemporal dimension of the relation the members of such communities had with their lands was underscored, as well as the necessary prevalence that they attribute “to the element of conservation over the simple exploitation of natural resources. Their communal form of property, much wider than the civilist (private law) conception, ought to, in our view, be appreciated from this angle, also under Article 21 of the American Convention on Human Rights, in the light of the facts of the cas d'espèce. The concern with the element of conservation reflects a cultural manifestation of the integration of the human being with nature and the world wherein he lives. This integration, we believe, is projected into both space and time, as we relate ourselves, in space, with the natural system of which we are part and that we ought to treat with 3 care, and, in time, with other generations (past and future) , in respect of which we 4 have obligations." 4. The notion of culture, —originating in the Roman "colere", which means to till, to consider, to care for and to preserve— was originally embodied in agriculture (taking care of the land). With Cicero, the concept came to be applied to matters of the spirit and the soul (cultura animi)5. As time went by, it became associated with humanism, with the attitude of preserving and taking care of the things in the world, including those in the past6. The peoples —the human beings and their social environment—, faced with the mystery of life, develop and preserve their cultures in order to understand and relate with the outside world. Hence the importance of cultural identity, as a part or an addition of the fundamental right to life itself. 5. Both the aforementioned Inter-American Court Judgments, in the cases of the “Street Children” (Villagrán Morales et al.) and of the Mayagna Awas Tingni Community, have really pioneered regarding the two core matters hereinabove referred to, and they have been given a warm welcome by the international law scholars of today7; in my opinion, they also are a correct expression of the Law, and 3 . Future generations are starting to attract the attention of contemporary international law scholars: cf., for example, A.-Ch. Kiss, "La notion de patrimoine commun de l'humanité", 175 Recueil des Cours de l'Académie de Droit International de La Haye (1982) pages 109-253; E. Brown Weiss, In Fairness to Future Generations: International Law, Common Patrimony and Intergenerational Equity, Tokyo/Dobbs Ferry N.Y., United Nations University/Transnational Publs., 1989, pages 1-351; E. Agius y S. Busuttil et alii (eds.), Future Generations and International Law, London, Earthscan, 1998, pages 3-197; J. Symonides (ed.), Human Rights: New Dimensions and Challenges, Paris/Aldershot, UNESCO/Dartmouth, 1998, pages 1-153. 4 . IACHR, loc. cit. supra No. (2), Joint Separate Opinion by Judges A.A. Cançado Trindade, M. Pacheco-Gómez and A. Abreu-Burelli, paras. 9-10. 5 . H. Arendt, Between Past and Future, N.Y., Penguin, 1993 [reprint], pages 211-213. 6 . Ibid., pages 225-226. 7 . Cf., specifically as related to the one of the “Street Children” (Villagrán-Morales et al. v. Guatemala), i.e., the books: CEJIL, Crianças e Adolescentes - Jurisprudência da Corte Interamericana de Direitos Humanos, Rio de Janeiro, CEJIL/Brasil, 2003, pages 7-237; Casa Alianza, Los Pequeños Mártires..., San José de Costa Rica, Casa Alianza/A.L., 2004, pages 13-196; and cf. as well, i.e., K. Quintana Osuna and G. Citroni, "I minori d'età di fronte alla Corte Interamericana dei Diritti dell'Uomo", 2 Pace Diritti Umani - Università di Padova (2005) pages 55-101, pages 69-72; among several other publications on the same case., and specifically concerning the case of the Mayagna Awas Tingni Community v. Nicaragua, the book: Felipe Gómez Isa (ed.), El Caso Awas Tingni contra Nicarágua: Nuevos Horizontes para los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas, Bilbao, Universidad de Deusto, 2003, pages 9-279; and cf. as well, i.e., C. Binder, "The Case of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua: The Awas Tingni Case", in International Law and Indigenous Peoples (eds. J. Castellino and NO. Walsh), Leiden, Nijhoff/R. Wallenberg Institute, 2005, pages 249-267; among several other publications on the same case.