Climate change and the environment

Let us invite you to an online lecture organized by the Institute of International Relations in Prague. Natalia Kobylarz, a Senior Lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights, will hold an online presentation about the relationship between environmental rights and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights. What are the links between the environment and human rights? The expert will discuss how rights defined in the European Convention on Human Rights such as the right to a private and family life (and other Convention rights) relate to the protection of the environment. Furthermore, some of the Court’s case-law, for example on the right to information or a right to participate in a decision-making process will be further explained. The interpretation of human rights provides important guarantees in safeguarding healthy environment and it can further develop in the future. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.

The event will be moderated by Jan Lhotský, IIR senior researcher from the Centre for International Law.