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ECHR: Environmental Claims; Contemporary Issues

Location
MS Teams
Date(s)
Wednesday 9th February 2022 (14:00-17:00)
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All welcome.

 

Description
The Human Rights Law Centre (Civil and Political Rights Unit), ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, is holding a seminar on the ECHR. The seminar is being held in honour of Emeritus Professor Alastair Mowbray, a leading academic expert on the ECHR, who recently retired from the Law School, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½. His major works included The Development of Positive Obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights by the European Court of Human Rights and Cases and Materials on The European Convention on Human Rights.

The first session is concerned with environmental and climate change claims. There is widespread interest in these issues, particularly after the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) (2021).  Climate Change is the one specific focus of the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½’s Research Strategic Delivery Plan 2022-27.

The second session considers a number of major contemporary issues under the ECHR.

 

Schedule and Speakers:

Session I: 2 - 3:30pm: The European Convention on Human Rights: Environmental Claims

Chair: Professor Dominic McGoldrick, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½

  • 2:00 - 2:05pm: Introduction
  • 2:05 - 2:25pm: ‘Adjudicating Environmental Claims under The European Convention on Human Rights’ Lucy Maxwell, Climate Litigation Network.
  • 2:25 - 2:45pm: ‘Remedies before the ECtHR and their Potential for Climate Change Cases’ Corina Heri and Reka Piskoty, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
  • 2:45 - 3:05pm: ‘Children’s rights and environmental claims: strategic litigation’ Professor Aoife Nolan, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½.
  • 3:05 - 3:30pm: Questions and Discussion

Fifteen minute refreshment break

Session II: 3:45 - 5:00pm: The European Convention on Human Rights: Contemporary Issues

Chair: Emeritus Professor David Harris, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½

  • 3:45 - 3:50pm: Introduction
  • 3:50 - 4:10pm: ‘The right of individual application in 2022: still a cornerstone of the Convention?’ Professor Ed Bates, University of Leicester.
  • 4:10 - 4:30pm: ‘The influence of human rights on the development of the tort of misuse of private information in English law’ Judith Skillen, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½.
  • 4:30 - 4:50pm: ‘Human Rights Dialogue in English Criminal Procedure?’ Professor Paul Roberts, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½.
  • 4:50 - 5:00pm: ‘Concluding Reflections’, Emeritus Professor Alastair Mowbray, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½.

Human Rights Law Centre

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