Human Rights As a Protection Mechanism for the Environment: Is It Possible to Include IACHR’s Advisory Opinion 23/17 in the Ecuadorian Legal System?

• Espinoza Bautista, Josselyn ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad San Francisco de Quito

     Universidad San Francisco de Quito

     Quito, Ecuador

     
• Localización: USFQ Law Review, ISSN-e 1390-8014, ISSN 2631-2573, Vol. 6, Nº. 1, 2019, págs. 79-98
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.18272/lr.v6i1.1398
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Derechos Humanos como mecanismo de protección para del medio ambiente: ¿Es posible incluir la Opinión Consultiva 23/17 de la Corte IDH en el sistema jurídico ecuatoriano?
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  • español

    La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, el 15 de noviembre de 2017, emitió una Opinión Consultiva sobre el medio ambiente y los derechos humanos. La relevancia de este dictamen se refleja en el desarrollo realizado por el tribunal sobre las obligaciones estatales en relación con el medio ambiente. La Corte reconoció “la innegable relación entre la protección del medio ambiente y la realización de otros derechos humanos”. En esta virtud, este artículo busca examinar y sintetizar los fundamentos de la Opinión Consultiva. Finalmente, dado que las opiniones consultivas no son vinculantes ni obligatorias para Ecuador (o cualquier otro Estado), este artículo desarrolla un análisis de una posible solución (control de convencionalidad) para la inclusión de la Opinión Consultiva 23/17 en el sistema legal ecuatoriano.

  • English

    The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, on November 15th of 2017, issued an Advisory Opinion on the environment and human rights. The relevance of this Opinion is reflected in the development made by the Court on state obligations in relation to the environment. The Court recognized the “undeniable relationship between the protection of the environment and the realization of other human rights.” In this virtue, this article seeks to scrutinize and synthesize the foundations of the Advisory Opinion. Finally, since advisory opinions are not binding nor obligatory for Ecuador (or any other state), this article develops an analysis on one possible solution (conventionality control) for the inclusion of the Advisory Opinion 23/17 in the Ecuadorian legal system.

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