On Friday 19 April (15h00 to 16h30 CET), the ECHR Blog and the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) are co-organising a special webinar entitled ‘Climate Change in Strasbourg: the recent cases at the European Court of Human Rights’.
Last week, we already gave our first impressions when the European Court of Human Rights issued its Grand Chamber decisions and judgment in three keenly awaited climate change cases. Two cases were declared inadmissible, but the Swiss Klimaseniorinnen won their case in two crucial respects: the Court found violations of their right to private life under article 8 ECHR and of access to court under Article 6 ECHR.
The webinar will focus on these important, already historic rulings of the Court. Why did the Swiss case lead to a judgment finding violations of the ECHR and did the two others not reach the merits phase? What standards of protection and admissibility requirements has the Court set with regards to climate change? What should national courts and other authorities do to comply with the Court’s standards on climate change? What could be the impact of the Swiss judgment outside Europe? How does the judgment fit in wider trends of climate litigation. These are some of the questions that will be discussed by a panel of eminent academics and practitioners working on human rights and climate change.
The speakers of the webinar include Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, Associate Professor of Sustainability of Law at the University of Amsterdam; Ole Windahl Pedersen, Professor of Environmental Law at Aarhus University; and Gerry Liston, senior lawyer with the Global Legal Action Network in the Portuguese Youth Climate case. The webinar will be moderated by Antoine Buyse and Kushtrim Istrefi, editors of the ECHR Blog.
If you wish to join the webinar (which will be held on the MS Teams platform), please register here.
Date: Friday 19 April
Time: 15h00-16h30 CET
