Teoría y praxis de los derechos ambientales en Argentina
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2015
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Nuevos derechos ambientales fueron introduci-dos en Argentina con la reforma constitucional
de 1994. El reconocimiento constitucional de los
derechos ambientales es un paso fundamental
en el avance de la justicia y la ciudadanía am-bientales. Pero no es suficiente. Los principios
constitucionales deben traducirse en legislación
y la legislación debe ser efectivamente aplica-da. Mientras algunos autores se centran en los
procedimientos administrativos y judiciales y en
la participación institucionalizada en el proceso
de toma de decisiones, este trabajo busca cons-truir un enfoque emergente que ayude a anali-zar la aplicación de los derechos ambientales en
Argentina desde una perspectiva más amplia que
vaya más allá de los procedimientos y la partici-pación institucionalizada y que también tome en
cuenta el rol de la acción contenciosa o contien-da ambiental. Argumento que tres modos de con-tienda ambiental convergen en la actualización
de los derechos ambientales: el litigio judicial,
la protesta social y la controversia experta. A la
luz del desarrollo reciente de las movilizaciones
y las políticas ambientales en Argentina, este tra-bajo discute cómo esos modos se manifiestan, se
combinan entre sí y se conectan con la participa-ción institucionalizada.
New environmental rights were introduced in Argentina with the 1994 amendments to the 1853 national constitution. The constitutional recognition of environmental rights is a fundamental step in the advancement of environmental justice and citizenship. But it is not enough. Constitutional principles must be translated into enabling legislation and legislation must be effectively applied and enforced. While some authors focus on administrative and judicial enforcement procedures and institutionalized participation in decision-making, this work aims to build up an emergent framework that helps analyze the enforcement of environmental rights in Argentina from a broader perspective that goes beyond procedures and institutionalized participation and also takes into account the role of environmental contention. I argue that three modes of environmental contention combine in the actualization of environmental rights: judicial litigation, social protest, and expert controversy. In the light of the recent development of environmental mobilization and policies in Argentina, this article discusses how these modes manifest themselves and combine, and also how they connect to institutionalized participation
New environmental rights were introduced in Argentina with the 1994 amendments to the 1853 national constitution. The constitutional recognition of environmental rights is a fundamental step in the advancement of environmental justice and citizenship. But it is not enough. Constitutional principles must be translated into enabling legislation and legislation must be effectively applied and enforced. While some authors focus on administrative and judicial enforcement procedures and institutionalized participation in decision-making, this work aims to build up an emergent framework that helps analyze the enforcement of environmental rights in Argentina from a broader perspective that goes beyond procedures and institutionalized participation and also takes into account the role of environmental contention. I argue that three modes of environmental contention combine in the actualization of environmental rights: judicial litigation, social protest, and expert controversy. In the light of the recent development of environmental mobilization and policies in Argentina, this article discusses how these modes manifest themselves and combine, and also how they connect to institutionalized participation
Keywords
Medio ambiente, Política ambiental, Derecho, Argentina, Environment, Environmental policy, Environmental rights