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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/bc45e4a6c6e822d6 https://verfassungsblog.de/la-oroya-and-inter-american-innovations-on-the-right-to-a-healthy-environment/ La Oroya and Inter-American Innovations on the Right to a Healthy Environment Viveros-Uehara, Thalia eng 2024-05-16 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 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) Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 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.