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ERA: Environmental Protection and Human Rights: Role and Case Law of the ECtHR

Europäische Rechtsakademie (ERA)

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Date

08 Nov 2018 to 09 Nov 2018

Address

Strasbourg

France

Links

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Section

Education

Event Description

Objective

This seminar will provide participants with a comprehensive overview of the case law on environmental protection as developed by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

Key topics

Environmental protection in the ECHR system
Environmental disasters, nuisances and industrial pollution before the ECtHR
Procedural rights to obtain information in environmental matters
The right to exercise free speech and the freedom of assembly regarding the environment
Judicial review of policies threatening the environment
Positive obligations under Articles 2 and 8 ECHR
Right to a healthy environment

Speakers

Anders Bengtsson, Senior Judge, Land and Environment Court, Växjö

Natalia Kobylarz, Senior Lawyer at the Registry of the ECtHR, Strasbourg

Luis López Guerra*, Former Judge, European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg

Birgit Peters, Junior Professor, University of Rostock, Rostock

Ole Pedersen, Reader in Environmental Law, Newcastle Law School, Newcastle

Lawyer, ClientEarth, Brussels*

*to be confirmed