Reconhecimento do direito ao meio ambiente sadio pela corte interamericana de direitos humanos

Abstract

This work analyzes the recognition of the right of health environment as a fundamental human right, for that, there will be studied the decisions by the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights regarding treaties and agreements that affect different populations and their implications. In anoother words, through an analyze of the recognition on how the environmental degradation caused by anthropic action infringes human rights in accordance, mainly, with the American Convention and the Advisory Opinion of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (in addition to International Environmental Law, even if not giving too much emphasis). The methodology is a bibliographic research, with an exploratory and descriptive purpose. At first, an exposition of the environmental scenario is made, showing the existence of concise and worrying environmental damages. Then, the competent bodies in the supervision of the agreements are discussed. To then mention some of the agreements and treaties and enter the main theme of the research.