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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Cannavacciuolo and Others v Italy: Towards Applying a Precautionary Approach to the Right to Life
On 31 January 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR”, “the Court”) ruled on large-scale environmental pollution caused by the illegal dumping and burning of toxic waste in Italy. In Cannavacciuolo and Others, the Court found that Italy violated its obligations under the right to life, enshrined in Article 2 ECHR. The judgment, spanning more than…
Were the Israeli Pager and Walkie-Talkie Attacks on Hezbollah Indiscriminate?
There is much that we still don’t know about the attacks that Israel has conducted against Hezbollah in Lebanon by detonating hundreds of pagers and walkie-talkies rigged with explosives. This type of attack is genuinely unprecedented – I can’t recall any sufficiently close analogue, but maybe others can. This novelty poses some difficulty in understanding how long-established rules…
Locating Right to Life Violations in Russian Aggression: Challenges Awaiting the HRC
Recently, three non-governmental organisations jointly filed a complaint before the Human Rights Committee (HRC), alleging that Russia violated the right to life of 18 Ukrainian victims in its missile strikes in Vinnytsia in 2022. The authors of the complaint have strategically opted for a unique pathway. According to General Comment 36 of the HRC,…
Palliative Care and Assisted Suicide at the ECtHR: Dániel Karsai v. Hungary
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has reviewed several cases related to euthanasia (Gard v. UK, Lambert v. France, and Mortier v. Belgium), and assisted suicide for terminally ill persons (Pretty v. UK), incurable diseases (Koch v. Germany), psychiatric disorders (Haas v. Switzerland), and the case of a physician that disseminated…
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