2 judgments found.

Cordella and Others v. Italy

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Year: 2019
Court: European Court of Human Rights
Citation: ECHR 029 (2019)
Facts:

The applicants were 180 individuals who lived or have lived in the municipality of Taranto and the neighbouring areas, in Italy. They filed a case against Ilva’s Taranto Plant (an industrial steelworks complex) (hereinafter ‘the factory’) for serious ecological harm caused due to the harmful emissions from its plant which has impacted the health of …Read more

Tags: Chronic and noncommunicable diseases, Environmental health, public health, Public safety, Right to Clean Environment, Right to Family Life, Right to Life
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Dubetska and Others v Ukraine

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Year: 2011
Court: European Court of Human Rights
Citation: Application No. 30499/03
Facts:

The applicants were eleven Ukrainian nationals residing in Vilshyna in the Lviv region of Ukraine had. They filed the case against the Ukranian Government (hereinafter ‘the Government’) alleging the failure of the state authorities to protect their home, private and family life from the excessive pollution generated by two state-owned industrial facilities. The facilities had …Read more

Tags: Environmental health, Right to Clean Environment, Right to Family Life, Right to Privacy, water sanitation hygiene
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