Climate Justice in the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights
Résumé
On April 9, 2024, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on 3 applications concerning the fight against climate change and the positive obligations of the signatory states of the European Convention on Human Rights in this respect. Two of them were declared inadmissible (Duarte Agostinho and Carême). The third, Verein Klimaseniorinnen, was a great success (). The decisions, their main elements and their possible scope have recently been analyzed by a number of commentators. That's why I'll concentrate here on highlighting the contributions of the decisions to climate justice. This article analyzes the decisions in the light of climate justice as a concept aimed at alleviating inequalities in the face of the negative consequences of climate change, as well as its capacity to strengthen human rights.