http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/f98c58619fc42e1e https://verfassungsblog.de/brumadinho-dam-responsibility/ The Brumadinho Disaster - Business Responsibility in the Inter-American Human Rights System Garcia, Arthur Bonifácio eng 2024-11-19 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Brazil Corporate Social Responsibility Environmental Protection Interamerikanischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | San José (Costa Rica) Right to a healthy environment business and human rights Interamerikanischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | San José (Costa Rica) Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 In 2019, the rupture of a dam in Brumadinho unleashed a “torrent” of mining waste, destroying homes, contaminating the Paraopeba River, and killing 270 people. The dam was owned by the mining company Vale and its safety audited by the German TÜV Süd. More than five years later, no one has been held accountable. However, according to international human rights standards, the Brazilian state must hold companies accountable.