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Peru is responsible for the violation of the rights to a healthy environment, health, personal integrity, life, special protection of the child, access to information, political participation, judicial guarantees and judicial protection to the detriment of 80 inhabitants of la oroya

 

San José, Costa Rica, March 22, 2024.- In the Judgment notified today in the Case of La Oroya Population v. Peru, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights declared the State of Peru internationally responsible for the violation of the rights to a healthy environment, health, personal integrity, a life with dignity, access to information, political participation, judicial guarantees and judicial protection to the detriment of the 80 victims in this case; the violation of the rights of the child, to the detriment of 57 victims, and the violation of the right to life, to the detriment of two victims. The Court also concluded that the State is responsible for the violation of the obligation of progressive development, pursuant to Article 26 of the American Convention, due to the adoption of regressive measures regarding the protection of the environment.

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