European Court of Human Rights: beyond the limits of the “link” in the protection of environmental rights

Abstract The scope for environmental protection through existing and internationally protected human rights is conditioned upon the establishment of a ‘link’ between environmental degradation and the impairment of a protected right. This constitutes a limit for the use of human rights as a tool to promote environmental protection.The aim of this article is to briefly …

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