The La Palma volcano: legal measures to cover the rights of the affected
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51302/ceflegal.2022.9275Keywords:
transparency, coordination, regulationAbstract
On September 19, 2021, the eruption of a volcano began in the Cumbre Vieja area on the island of La Palma, which ended on December 13 of the same year. For 86 days, the affected citizens have suffered the loss of their properties such as their habitual residence, rural houses, professional, commercial and industrial establishments, as well as their agricultural and livestock farms.
In this paper we explain from the point of view of Administrative Law the work carried out by public Administrations in three stages and its impact on those affected:
1. The prevolcano: The affected citizens were not previously informed of the different scientific studies of the preeruptive phenomenon that began in 2017.
2. The volcano: The coordination between all the security and emergency services of the public Administrations to avoid deaths and injuries, as well as the administrative consensus of all the approved palliative aid.
3. The posvolcano: The necessary regulation by state and Canary Islands laws of the rights of those affected through the creation of an ad hoc legal statute.
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