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La Oroya and Inter-American Innovations on the Right to a Healthy Environment
- Source :
- Verfassungsblog, Iss 2366-7044 (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbH, 2024.
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Abstract
- In La Oroya v. Peru, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights declared Peru responsible for violating several rights, including the right to a healthy environment, due to the environmental degradation and health crises in La Oroya—one of the world’s most polluted cities. Regarding the right to a healthy environment, the Court addresses for the first time pollution in air, water, and soil—marking a departure from previous cases that primarily focused on communal property rights and deforestation—and even goes as far as to refer to the right to a healthy environment as jus cogens. Such innovations would have not been possible without the ever-expanding horizon of Inter-American case law and approaches.
Details
- Language :
- German, English
- ISSN :
- 23667044
- Issue :
- 2366-7044
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Verfassungsblog
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.5858bdd9bfe747039c1a5965803a0b2d
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.59704/bc45e4a6c6e822d6