Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Date: 11/27/2023

Subject: The decision of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights found the State responsible for the violation of the rights of the Oroya inhabitants to a healthy environment, to health, to life and personal integrity, because of water, air and soil’s contamination deriving from mining and metallurgy activities on the territory and because of the lack of regulation of such activities

Parties: Habitantes de la Oroya vs. Perú

Original language: Spanish

Classification: Dignity - Art. 2 Right to life - Art. 3 Physical and mental integrity - Solidarity - Art. 35 Preventive health care - Art. 37 Environmental protection - Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal

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