Abstract

SUAREZ-LOPEZ, Beatriz Eugenia. CHALLENGES OF CRIMINAL-LAW REGULATION OF MINING IN COLOMBIA. A STUDY OF THE ARTICLE 333 OF THE COLOMBIAN CRIMINAL CODE. Vniversitas [online]. 2017, n.135, pp.421-456. ISSN 0041-9060.  https://doi.org/10.11144/javeriana.vj135.rrjp.

This paper presents a study of the article 333 of the Colombian Criminal Code, which establishes the crime of environmental contamination by exploitation of mining or hydrocarbon deposits. It analyzes the semantics and scope of this rule, establishing the criminal effects deriving from it. The paper focuses on the challenges that the article poses for the principle of legality, and address some dogmatic problems of it. This paper is part of the results of the research Environmental Criminal Law in the Context of the Company. Problems Surrounding the Crime of Environmental Pollution, supported by Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano.

Keywords : Environmental pollution; illegal mining; crimes against the environment; environment.

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