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Azkaraté and other against public prosecutor

País/Territorio
Senegal
Tipo de la corte
Nacional - corte superior
Fecha
Oct 9, 2013
Fuente
UNEP, InforMEA
Nombre del tribunal
Court d'appel de Dakar
Sede de la corte
Dakar
Juez
Adama Traore
Número de referencia
N 5424/2013
Idioma
Francés
Materia
Mar
Palabra clave
Responsabilidad/indemnización Contaminación marina Contaminación marina (por buques) Contaminación marina (vertimiento) Contaminación oleosa Conservación del ecosistema Áreas marinas protegidas
Resumen

In this case, the defendants are fishermen whose ship grounded and polluted islands from a national park. Following their rescue, the fishermen were arrested and are charged for the damages caused by the oil spill pollution to the marine ecosystem of the national park.

The public prosecutor sued the fishermen for, among other offences, the pollution of a marine national park and for trespassing in a national park where navigation was forbidden. The judge of the court of appeal held that the facts showed that the defendants were guilty of the offences they were charged with.  He also required them to pay for the damages to the marine ecosystems of the isles and for their restorations. This was the first time that a Senegalese court acknowledged marine ecosystem environmental damages and asked for reparations.

(Contribution:  Mohamed DIEDHIOU, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar )

Texto completo
Azkaraté c Minister public.pdf