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