Human Rights and Climate Change Litigation: a Reassessment

Citation

Savaresi A (2025) Human Rights and Climate Change Litigation: a Reassessment. In: Amato F, Carofalo V, Del Guercio A, Fazzini A, Grado V, Imparato E & Liguori A (eds.) Climate change, human rights and international migration. Italy: Editoriale Scientifica.

Abstract
Summary: 1. Introduction. – 2. Setting the stage: interplay between human rights and climate change law. – 3. Mapping the landscape of human rights-based climate change litigation. – 4. International developments. – 5. Developments before the ECtHR. – 6. Verein Klimaseniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland. – 7. Duarte Agostinho et al v Portugal and 32 states. – 8. Carême v France. – 9. Taking stock: the role of human rights in climate change litigation. – 10. Future outlook.