Cambiamento climatico e Corte europea dei diritti umani

(Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2024 9(3), 1487-1496 | European Forum Insight of 30 December 2024 | (Table of Contents) I. Introduzione. – II. Cambiamento climatico e funzioni della Corte europea dei diritti umani – III. Status di vittima e locus standi nei casi relativi al cambiamento climatico. – III.1. Status di vittima dei ricorrenti (persone fisiche) – III.2. Locus standi dell’associazione ricorrente. | (Abstract) This Insight deals with the recent judgment delivered by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in the case KlimaSeniorinnen v Switzerland. The first part of the Insight focuses on the ECtHR’s competence in the context of climate-change litigation. The second part analyses the issues of victim status in complaints alleging harm or risk of harm resulting from State’s failure to combat climate change, focusing on the criteria and threshold for being qualified as a victim under art. 34 ECHR in this context. Finally, considering the prohibition on actio popularis under the ECHR’s system, the third part examines the issue of locus standi of associations to lodge or pursue applications before the ECtHR on behalf of their members or other individuals affected by climate change.