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Azkaraté and other against public prosecutor

Pays/Territoire
Sénégal
Type de cour
Nationale - cour supérieure
Date
Oct 9, 2013
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Nom du tribunal
Court d'appel de Dakar
Siège de la cour
Dakar
Juge
Adama Traore
Numéro de référence
N 5424/2013
Langue
Français
Sujet
Mer
Mot clé
Responsabilité/indemnisation Pollution de la mer Pollution marine (imputable aux navires) Pollution de la mer (immersion de déchets) Pollution par les hydrocarbures Préservation de l'écosystème Zones marines protégées
Résumé

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 )

Texte intégral
Azkaraté c Minister public.pdf