Sumeyra Arslan is a legal and policy advisor (climate) at Child Rights International Network – CRIN.
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From Environmental Jurisprudence to the Right to a Healthy Environment: The Need for a Standalone Convention in Europe
By Sumeyra Arslan and Malgorzata Kwiedacz-Palosz The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR, the Convention) does not explicitly recognise the right to a healthy environment. Nevertheless, environmental protection has featured prominently in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights…