Publication: La Carta Social Europea y los derechos sociales emergentes: una aproximación al derecho de acceso a la información ambiental
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Martínez López-Sáez, Mónica
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Universidad Pablo de Olavide
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La protección de los derechos sociales constituye, hoy en día, un fin primordial, y
en Europa, la Carta Social Europea Revisada juega un papel relevante como
guardiana del modelo del Estado social, como verdadera Constitución Social de
Europa y como el estándar de protección más elevado de los derechos sociales, en
general, y de los derechos sociales emergentes, en particular. Así, resulta de especial
interés estudiar el derecho de acceso a la información ambiental como derecho
social emergente derivado, en gran parte, del genérico derecho a un medio ambiente
sano. Este derecho se puede definir, en términos muy simples, como el derecho del
público en general a recibir información relacionada con el medio ambiente. Este
derecho no es una mera exigencia del Estado social, sino que constituye un mínimo
vital y necesario para la dignidad inherente al ser humano, para hacer efectivo el
ejercicio de los demás derechos y libertades, dependientes, en mayor o menor
medida, por el medio ambiente y la información disponible del mismo. El presente trabajo analiza la materialización y evolución normativa y jurisprudencial de este
derecho así como su reconocimiento y efectividad a través de la Carta Social
Europea y la interpretación que hace su órgano de control, el Comité Europeo de
Derechos Sociales, aludiendo a las convergencias y divergencias entre los sistemas
de protección, e impulsando la necesaria y prioritaria aplicación de la CSE en virtud
del principio favor libertatis
Nowadays social rights protection constitutes a fundamental objective. In Europe, the Revised European Social Charter plays an important role as the guardian of the social welfare model. Its recognized status as Europe¿s genuine Social Constitution is reflected in the fact that it offers the highest standard of social rights protection, including, naturally, emerging social rights. Thus, it seems interesting to study the right of access to environmental information as an emerging social right derived, in large part, from the generic social right to a healthy environment. This right, in very simple terms, is the right of the public to receive information related to the environment. This right is not a mere requirement of the Welfare State, but constitutes a vital and necessary minimum to protect the inherent dignity of all human beings and in the inviolability of the human person. This, in turn, allows individuals to effectively exercise other rights and freedoms, dependent, to a greater or lesser extent, on the environment and the information available thereof. This paper analyzes the materialization and the normative and jurisprudential evolution of the right to access environmental information. The paper also examines its recognition and effectiveness through the European Social Charter and the interpretation made by its monitoring body, the European Committee of Social Rights. The author alludes to the convergences and divergences between the fundamental rights protection systems at all levels, and promotes the necessary and prioritised application of the ESC as per the favor libertatis principle
Nowadays social rights protection constitutes a fundamental objective. In Europe, the Revised European Social Charter plays an important role as the guardian of the social welfare model. Its recognized status as Europe¿s genuine Social Constitution is reflected in the fact that it offers the highest standard of social rights protection, including, naturally, emerging social rights. Thus, it seems interesting to study the right of access to environmental information as an emerging social right derived, in large part, from the generic social right to a healthy environment. This right, in very simple terms, is the right of the public to receive information related to the environment. This right is not a mere requirement of the Welfare State, but constitutes a vital and necessary minimum to protect the inherent dignity of all human beings and in the inviolability of the human person. This, in turn, allows individuals to effectively exercise other rights and freedoms, dependent, to a greater or lesser extent, on the environment and the information available thereof. This paper analyzes the materialization and the normative and jurisprudential evolution of the right to access environmental information. The paper also examines its recognition and effectiveness through the European Social Charter and the interpretation made by its monitoring body, the European Committee of Social Rights. The author alludes to the convergences and divergences between the fundamental rights protection systems at all levels, and promotes the necessary and prioritised application of the ESC as per the favor libertatis principle
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Lex social: revista de los derechos sociales, ISSN-e 2174-6419, Vol. 9, Nº. 1, 2019 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Homenaje profesor Manuel Terol Becerra, valedor y guardián de los derechos sociales), págs. 171-192.




