Environmental right and its link with human rights, in the light of the jurisprudence of the Inter-american court of Humans Rights

Abstract

This research article Environmental Law and its link with Human Rights, in the light of the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, aims to assess the link between human rights in Ecuadorian environmental law, according to the influence of the jurisprudence and advisory opinions of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, particularly the Kichwa Indigenous People case, on the environment and rights requested by the Republic of Colombia. The methods used for the work have been the theoretical point of view, based on the historical method, which allowed to know the first conventions and international declarations in the field of environmental law, on the other hand, the use of the analytical method to analyze the pronouncements of the Court Inter-American, and finally the exegetical legal method based on hermeneutics, which was applied to interpret national and international regulations.