Application of the European Convention on Human Rights for Protection of Environmental Rights and the Environment

The manual constitutes the second edition of the analytical review of the practice of the European Court of Human Rights in cases relating to the environment. The authors analyse court judgments under specific articles of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the content of which was creatively interpreted by the ECHR to include situations when unfavourable environmental factors caused violations of rights under the Convention, or when such rights were limited for the sake of environmental protection.
The manual consists of two chapters. The first one is dedicated to the main principles of activities and the criteria for application to the ECHR in environmental matters as well as to the issues of the nature and value of the judgments of the ECHR for national legislation and practice in Ukraine. The second chapter directly analyses the case-law of the ECHR in the issues relating to the environment. Official texts of decisions as well as summaries or press releases prepared by the Secretariat of the ECHR are provided as annexes to the manual.