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