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Manuel Zubizarreta vs the environment in Mariano Roque Alonso

País/Territorio
Paraguay
Tipo de la corte
Nacional - corte superior
Fecha
Jul 26, 2004
Fuente
UNEP, InforMEA
Nombre del tribunal
Supreme Court
Sede de la corte
Asunción
Juez
A. B. Pucheta de Correa, W. Rienzi Galeano, J. Altamirano Aquino
Número de referencia
No. 1052
Idioma
Español
Materia
Medio ambiente gen.
Palabra clave
Desarrollo agrícola Agricultura y medio ambiente Productos agrícolas Ordenación/conservación Terrenos agrícolas Valoración del daño/recurso
Resumen

The Supreme Court of Paraguay is asked to review the previous judgment of Court of Appeal which fined and sentenced to two years in prison for crimes against the environment the applicant.

The other party in the process argues that the conditions and industrial activities of the poultry farm “El Cortijo S.R.L” damaging both human life and the environment, as is destroying the ecologic system and is contaminating the drain. The demand is totally documented by clear evidences, where is detailed wrong location of hen droppings and its subsequent proliferation of flies capable of spread to the nearby town contagious infectious diseases, which may lead also to a public health damage.  

The Article 1 of law 294/94 on environmental impact evaluation establishes the obliged submission to this law to those activities susceptible to cause environmental impacts. For the Court it is clear that the applicant did not follow this principle.

The Court did not accept the arguments of the applicant and confirmed the previous judgments.

Texto completo
2004 N1052.pdf