While the ripples of Verein KlimaSeniorinnen continue to spread in the academic world, with discussions about potential implications for the future jurisprudence of the ECtHR, on January 30, 2025, the Court handed down another landmark judgment in the field of environmental litigation. The case of Cannavacciuolo and Others v. Italy addressed the systematic and large-scale pollution phenomenon caused by the mismanagement of hazardous waste in parts of the Campania region in the South of Italy. The judgment is ground-breaking for finding a violation of the right to life (Article 2 ECHR) for the first time in connection with environmental pollution (further aspects of the case have been discussed on the blog here).
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What do the battles with M23 mean for the DRC and UN Peacekeeping? – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro
At the end of January 2025, the M23 captured the city of Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the region’s humanitarian and security hub. Why does this matter to us international lawyers? It matters for many reasons, not least because this is another escalation in one of the world’s … Read more
What is the Future of the Prohibition Against Collective Expulsion in the European Human Rights Legal Framework? – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro
On 12 February 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (“the Court”) held hearings in three cases concerning collective expulsions: R.A. and Others v. Poland (42120/21), H.M.M. and Others v. Latvia (42165/21) and C.O.C.G. and Others v. Lithuania (17764/22). These cases included alleged migrant instrumentalisation and hybrid threats orchestrated by Belarus (and Russia) as a … Read more
Execution of Strasbourg’s Landmark Climate Mitigation Judgment Verein KlimaSeniorinnen v. Switzerland – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro
In July 2024, I wrote, together with Chhaya Bharwaj, that the execution of the first climate mitigation judgment of the European Court of Human Rights, Verein KlimaSeniorinnen v. Switzerland, was a space to watch. This was because the Court found, for the first time, that the lack of an adequate legislative framework to mitigate the … Read more
UN Bodies’ Views on the Indigenous Right to Culture, the Indigenous Right to Land, and Resource Extraction – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro
In October 2024, the Committees on the Rights of the Child (CCRC) and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) published their Views in three communications against Finland. Both Committees concluded that the country had violated the rights of individuals in the Kova-Labba Siida (a Sámi community) by granting a mineral exploration permit and area reservation … Read more