ECHR: Environmental Claims; Contemporary Issues

The first session is concerned with environmental and climate change claims. There is widespread interest in these issues, particularly after the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) (2021).  Climate Change is the one specific focus of the University of Nottingham’s Research Strategic Delivery Plan 2022-27.

The second session considers a number of major contemporary issues under the ECHR.

Schedule and Speakers:

Session I: 2 - 3:30pm: The European Convention on Human Rights: Environmental Claims

Chair: Professor Dominic McGoldrick, University of Nottingham

• 2:00 - 2:05pm: Introduction
• 2:05 - 2:25pm: ‘Adjudicating Environmental Claims under The European Convention on Human Rights’ Lucy Maxwell, Climate Litigation Network.
• 2:25 - 2:45pm: ‘Remedies before the ECtHR and their Potential for Climate Change Cases’ Corina Heri and Reka Piskoty, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
• 2:45 - 3:05pm: ‘Children’s rights and environmental claims: strategic litigation’ Professor Aoife Nolan, University of Nottingham.
• 3:05 - 3:30pm: Questions and Discussion

Fifteen minute refreshment break

Session II: 3:45 - 5:00pm: The European Convention on Human Rights: Contemporary Issues

Chair: Emeritus Professor David Harris, University of Nottingham

• 3:45 - 3:50pm: Introduction
• 3:50 - 4:10pm: ‘The right of individual application in 2022: still a cornerstone of the Convention?’ Professor Ed Bates, University of Leicester.
• 4:10 - 4:30pm: ‘The influence of human rights on the development of the tort of misuse of private information in English law’ Judith Skillen, University of Nottingham.
• 4:30 - 4:50pm: ‘Human Rights Dialogue in English Criminal Procedure?’ Professor Paul Roberts, University of Nottingham.
• 4:50 - 5:00pm: ‘Concluding Reflections’, Emeritus Professor Alastair Mowbray, University of Nottingham.