nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/342ef4175aeeb0bc DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250220s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/342ef4175aeeb0bc doi eng 342 23 Zirulia, Stefano Author aut A New Step in the Greening of the Right to Life - The ECtHR Judgment on the Land of Fires Zirulia, Stefano Verfassungsblog 2025-02-20 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In Cannavacciuolo and Others v. Italy, the European Court of Human Rights unanimously found a violation of Article 2 ECHR on account of the State’s failure to protect the right to life of residents in an area of Southern Italy known as the “Land of Fires” (Terra dei Fuochi). This is the first judgment linking a violation of the right to life to the prolonged exposure to pollutants released into the environment. The decisive element for the applicability of the right to life has been a shift in the Court’s approach to the causal link requirement that triggers a violation of Article 2. The Cannavacciuolo judgment should therefore be seen as a turning point for climate and environmental justice. CC BY-SA 4.0 Environmental Protection European Convention of Human Rights European Court of Human Rights Human Rights Right to Life Right to Private Life (DE-588)10298350-1 gnd Human Rights Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/right-to-life-echr-pollution/ raw object