Control of conventionality in Brazil: the status of environmental treaties

Abstract

The article presents an analysis of international environmental treaties in the context of the control of conventionality in Brazil, considering the relevance of the subject to the international aspirations of the country and the commitments assumed on the global stage. Through a bibliographical survey and jurisprudential review, the study explores the importance of monitoring the compatibility of domestic laws with international treaties for the protection of human rights. The work points to the growing importance of the control of conventionality in the country as a way of strengthening human rights, including the right to an ecologically balanced environment, enshrined in the Federal Constitution. The paper concludes that recent jurisprudence reinforces the protection of human rights in the country by including treaties on environmental issues in the list of human rights treaties in the Brazilian legal system, also emphasizing their function in controlling the conventionality of internal acts.