Environment

Case-Law Guide

The Case-Law Guide provides an overview of Convention case-law on this Transversal Theme.

Guide on Environment

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15/04/25
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Transversal Theme Updates

Cases selected for updating the Case-Law Guide.

Greenpeace Nordic and Others v. Norway, no. 34068/21

28/10/25

Complaint by two NGOs and residents of Oslo about decision-making process leading to licences granted for petroleum exploration, arguing that the process should have involved an environmental impact assessment given the climate change impact of oil exploration.
Judgment | Legal Summary

Ludes and Others v. France, nos. 40899/22 and 2 others

03/07/25

Conviction of the applicants, environmental activists, for stealing portraits of the President of France from several town halls, with the intention of denouncing the allegedly inadequate implementation of the State’s commitments under the 2015 Paris Agreement.
Judgment | Legal Summary

Cannavacciuolo and Others v. Italy, nos. 51567/14 and 3 others

30/01/25

Environmental damage due to systematic, decade-long, widespread and large-scale pollution caused by illegal dumping of hazardous waste, often carried out by criminal organised groups.
Judgment | Legal Summary

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