Environment

Case-Law Guide


The Case-Law Guide provides an overview of Convention case-law on this Transversal Theme.
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17/09/25
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Transversal Theme Updates


Cases selected for updating the Case-Law Guide.

Fliegenschnee and Others v. Austria (dec.), no. 40054/23

18/11/25

Refusal by the Federal Minister for Digital and Economic Affairs to grant the applicants’ request for a ban on the sale of fossil fuels to mitigate the effects of climate change, or to take other appropriate and equally effective measures.
Decision


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


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