Responsabilidade penal pelo dano ambiental e análise dos casos Mariana e Brumadinho

Abstract

Entire environmental preservation and the balance of the urban environment are essential for a healthy quality of life for the community. Thus, research that has as its object the environment has its justified importance Given that in recent decades there has been a growing increase in environmental damage that are at alarming levels without effective combat to date. In this context, the present study aims to analyze the environmental criminal liability of the legal entity for damages of great repercussion. To this end, it presents the main national and international environmental protection standards; exposes the most relevant principles to environmental law; explains criminal liability for environmental damage according to the theory of risk; and clarifies the ways of repairing the damage. As a methodology, it uses the bibliographic method performed from the literature review on doctrines, articles and laws that are dedicated to the study of the subject under analysis, concluding that the possibility of criminal liability of the legal entity for environmental damage, which should be the position of the Judiciary in the face of major tragedies, such as those in Mariana and Brumadinho.