La Oroya and Inter-American Innovations on the Right to a Healthy Environment Viveros-Uehara, Thalia Author aut Text xx# 2024 Verfassungsblog 2024-05-16 eng
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 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 Viveros-Uehara, Thalia IACHR Interamerikanischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | San José (Costa Rica) Pollution Right to a healthy environment environmental law environmental policy Interamerikanischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | San José (Costa Rica) 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/la-oroya-and-inter-american-innovations-on-the-right-to-a-healthy-environment/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/bc45e4a6c6e822d6 240516 10.59704/bc45e4a6c6e822d6 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)