Scientific evidence in Strasbourg’s environmental jurisprudence through the prism of Ilva Taranto

By: Jozef Seghers* 1.    Introduction Ilva Taranto is Europe’s largest steel plant, and its travails have given rise to commensurate amounts of legislation and court cases. In the past few weeks, the plant has been in the news in Italy once more, as the government wrangled with the private shareholders over yet another investment plan,Continue reading “Scientific evidence in Strasbourg’s environmental jurisprudence through the prism of Ilva Taranto”

Pavlov v. Russia: Welcoming the Court’s proactive shift in its handling of environmental complaints, including their evidentiary challenges*

By Nele Schuldt [This post first appeared on Strasbourg Observers] IntroductionOn October 11th 2022, the third section of the Strasbourg Court delivered an important judgment in the case of Pavlov and Others v Russia (Application no. 31612/09), concerning air pollution, which will hopefully prove to have great ramifications for pending and future environmental and climate cases. In short, the majorityContinue reading “Pavlov v. Russia: Welcoming the Court’s proactive shift in its handling of environmental complaints, including their evidentiary challenges*”