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  "title_es": "Traslado de expediente ambiental a Tribunal Ambiental Administrativo por competencia",
  "title_en": "Transfer of environmental case file to Environmental Administrative Tribunal on jurisdictional grounds",
  "summary_es": "La Sala Primera del Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones declina conocer en alzada un recurso de amparo electoral interpuesto contra la Municipalidad de Osa y el Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía por la tala de árboles en la Fila Costeña. El recurrente alegaba violación al derecho a un ambiente sano por la construcción de un camino sin permiso en una zona de recarga acuífera dentro de un área silvestre protegida. La Sala determina que el asunto es de naturaleza ambiental y no electoral, por lo que ordena remitir el expediente al Tribunal Ambiental Administrativo para que resuelva conforme a su competencia especializada, aplicando el principio de improrrogabilidad de la competencia material.",
  "summary_en": "The First Chamber of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal declines to hear on appeal an electoral amparo filed against the Municipality of Osa and the Ministry of Environment and Energy for tree felling in the Fila Costeña. The claimant alleged violation of the right to a healthy environment due to the construction of an unpermitted road in an aquifer recharge zone within a protected wilderness area. The Chamber determines the matter is environmental rather than electoral in nature, and therefore orders the case file transferred to the Environmental Administrative Tribunal to be resolved under its specialized jurisdiction, applying the principle of non-extendable subject-matter competence.",
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  "es_concept_hints": [
    "amparo ambiental",
    "competencia material",
    "improrrogabilidad",
    "Tribunal Ambiental Administrativo",
    "área silvestre protegida",
    "zona de recarga acuífera",
    "Sala Primera Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones"
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      "article": "Art. 113",
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    "amparo ambiental",
    "Tribunal Ambiental Administrativo",
    "competencia material",
    "área silvestre protegida",
    "tala de árboles",
    "Fila Costeña",
    "zona de recarga acuífera",
    "derecho a un ambiente sano",
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    "Ley de la Jurisdicción Constitucional"
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    "environmental amparo",
    "Environmental Administrative Tribunal",
    "subject-matter jurisdiction",
    "protected wilderness area",
    "tree felling",
    "Fila Costeña",
    "aquifer recharge zone",
    "right to a healthy environment",
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    "Supreme Electoral Tribunal",
    "Constitutional Jurisdiction Law"
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  "excerpt_es": "Este Tribunal, de conformidad con lo dispuesto en el artículo 113 de la Ley de la Jurisdicción Constitucional, es incompetente para conocer en razón de la materia, por tratarse de una pretensión de tutela de derechos fundamentales de carácter ambiental que no es propia de la jurisdicción electoral, sino que corresponde su conocimiento al Tribunal Ambiental Administrativo. En consecuencia, procede remitir el expediente a dicha sede para lo que corresponda.",
  "excerpt_en": "This Tribunal, in accordance with the provisions of Article 113 of the Constitutional Jurisdiction Law, lacks subject-matter jurisdiction, as the claim seeks protection of fundamental environmental rights falling outside the electoral jurisdiction and corresponding instead to the Environmental Administrative Tribunal. Consequently, the case file shall be remitted to that forum for appropriate proceedings.",
  "outcome": {
    "label_en": "Remanded on jurisdictional grounds",
    "label_es": "Remisión por competencia",
    "summary_en": "The First Chamber declares itself lacking subject-matter jurisdiction and orders the case file transferred to the Environmental Administrative Tribunal.",
    "summary_es": "La Sala Primera se declara incompetente por razón de la materia y ordena remitir el expediente al Tribunal Ambiental Administrativo."
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      "context": "Considerando Único",
      "quote_en": "This Tribunal, in accordance with the provisions of Article 113 of the Constitutional Jurisdiction Law, lacks subject-matter jurisdiction, as the claim seeks protection of fundamental environmental rights falling outside the electoral jurisdiction.",
      "quote_es": "Este Tribunal, de conformidad con lo dispuesto en el artículo 113 de la Ley de la Jurisdicción Constitucional, es incompetente para conocer en razón de la materia, por tratarse de una pretensión de tutela de derechos fundamentales de carácter ambiental que no es propia de la jurisdicción electoral."
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