Inferences on the brazilian environmental crimes law in comparison with the Colombian Criminal Code

AutorAnselmo Jose Spadotto - Maria Del Pilar Romero Barreiro - Gerson Araújo de Medeiros
CargoJuris Doctor in 'Legal-agroaenvironmental interface' at the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP) PhD in Agronomy at the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP) Master in Zootechny at the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP) Professor at the Universidade Nove de Julho (UN...
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http://dx.doi.org/10.18623/rvd.v14i28.957
INFERENCES ON THE BRAZILIAN
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES LAW IN
COMPARISON WITH THE COLOMBIAN
CRIMINAL CODE
Anselmo Jose Spadotto
Juris Doctor in “Legal-agroaenvironmental interface” at the Universidade Estadual Paulista
Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP)
PhD in Agronomy at the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP)
Master in Zootechny at the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP)
Professor at the Universidade Nove de Julho (UNINOVE) and Universidade Estadual Paulista
Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP).
Lawyer and Zootechnician.
Email: anselmospadotto@gmail.com
Maria Del Pilar Romero Barreiro
In-progress Masters in Ambiental Sciences at the
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP).
Specialist in Environmental Law at the Universidad Externado de Colombia
Graduated in Environmental Engineering at the Universidad
Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colômbia.
Email: mariapromerobarreiro@gmail.com
Gerson Araújo de Medeiros
PhD at the University of Aberta (UALBERTA), Canadá.
Juris Doctor and Master in Agricultural Engineering
at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP).
Professor at the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP).
Email: gerson@sorocaba.unesp.br
ABSTRACT
Environmental topics have not borders, involve the understanding and
interpretation of environmental laws in different countries and cultures.
The objective of this research was to analyze the interpretative similarities
and differences of environmental criminal laws of Brazil and Colombia,
through a comparative study of the Brazilian Law of Environmental Crimes
and the Colombian Criminal Code. Scientic papers about environmental
criminal law of the two countries were consulted on specialized sites, law
was consulted on government sites; the main criterion was its updating and
validity. Signicant results were found in subjects like guilt, responsibility
and participation of people in crimes, administrative responsibility,
damage to other people’s property as aggravating, environmental expertise,
responsibility of the legal person, the depth to describe some environmental
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features and common issues between the two laws. The research concluded
that the Brazilian law is more specic in environmental issues, proving
a more efcient coverage for the penalization of environmental crimes
compared to the Colombian Criminal Code.
Keywords: Legislation; Environment; Brazil; Colombia.
INFERENCIAS SOBRE LA LEY BRASILERA DE DELITOS
AMBIENTALES EN COMPARACIÓN CON EL CÓDIGO PENAL
COLOMBIANO
RESUMEN
Los asuntos ambientales no tienen fronteras; implican la comprensión e
interpretación de las normas ambientales en los diferentes países y culturas
existentes. El objetivo de esta investigación fue analizar las convergencias
y divergencias interpretativas de las normas penales ambientales de
Brasil y Colombia, por medio de un estudio comparativo entre la Ley
de Delitos Ambientales de Brasil y el Código Penal Colombiano. Los
artículos cientícos sobre derecho penal ambiental de los dos países
fueron consultados en sitios de internet especializados; en las páginas
ociales gubernamentales se consultó la legislación, se usó como criterio
transversal la actualización y vigencia de las mismas. Dentro de los
resultados signicativos se encontraron temas como la culpa, la autoría y
el concurso de personas en los delitos, la responsabilidad administrativa,
el daño a la propiedad ajena como agravante, la pericia ambiental, la
responsabilidad de la persona jurídica, la profundidad al describir
algunas características ambientales, además de temas comunes entre
las dos normas. Se concluyó que la norma brasilera es más especíca
al abordar las cuestiones ambientales, proporcionando así una cobertura
más eciente en la penalización de delitos ambientales con relación al
Código Penal Colombiano.
Palabras- clave: Legislación; Medio Ambiente; Brasil; Colombia.

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