Objective

This online seminar will discuss in detail the main aspects and potential approaches for climate litigation at the European Court of Human Rights. Focus will be placed on the recent case law under discussion / decided by the ECtHR.

Key topics

• ECtHR as an environmental court
• Rights-based climate litigation
• Jurisdiction regarding extra-territorial effects of climate change
• Victim status regarding climate change
• Effective remedies against climate change
• Climate cases such as Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and others v Switzerland; Duarte Agostinho and others v Portugal et al.; Carême v France