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The European standpoint on environmental rights: between a Human Rights Court and a Business Court

Petridean, Mihaela Aura LU (2011) JAMM04 20111
Department of Law
Abstract
The present thesis covers a research in the area of environment and human rights. In particular, this research is carried out through the comparative study and analyse of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice connected to environmental harm and its correlation to human rights law. The thesis will approach the case law related to certain categories of environmental harm, namely: industrial pollution, noise pollution and regional/urban development.
This research leads to the conclusion that the European Court of Human Rights focuses on reinterpreting the human rights set in the Convention with the purpose of incorporating environmental issues. However, the European Court of Justice focuses... (More)
The present thesis covers a research in the area of environment and human rights. In particular, this research is carried out through the comparative study and analyse of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice connected to environmental harm and its correlation to human rights law. The thesis will approach the case law related to certain categories of environmental harm, namely: industrial pollution, noise pollution and regional/urban development.
This research leads to the conclusion that the European Court of Human Rights focuses on reinterpreting the human rights set in the Convention with the purpose of incorporating environmental issues. However, the European Court of Justice focuses more on the realization of an effective sustainable development that will be able to sustain the economy of its Member States. (Less)
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author
Petridean, Mihaela Aura LU
supervisor
organization
course
JAMM04 20111
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
human rigths law, environment and human rights, European human rights law.
language
English
id
2174453
date added to LUP
2011-10-19 15:50:49
date last changed
2011-10-19 15:50:49
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  abstract     = {{The present thesis covers a research in the area of environment and human rights. In particular, this research is carried out through the comparative study and analyse of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice connected to environmental harm and its correlation to human rights law. The thesis will approach the case law related to certain categories of environmental harm, namely: industrial pollution, noise pollution and regional/urban development. 
This research leads to the conclusion that the European Court of Human Rights focuses on reinterpreting the human rights set in the Convention with the purpose of incorporating environmental issues. However, the European Court of Justice focuses more on the realization of an effective sustainable development that will be able to sustain the economy of its Member States.}},
  author       = {{Petridean, Mihaela Aura}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The European standpoint on environmental rights: between a Human Rights Court and a Business Court}},
  year         = {{2011}},
}