Abstract

Although the European system for the protection of human rights still does not explicitly recognize the right to a healthy environment as a human right, in recent decades, there has been an increasing trend of using the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms to solve environmental protection issues. In this regard, analyzing and applying the standards created by the European Court of Human Rights in environmental cases is necessary to strengthen national legislation, to practice, and face growing environmental challenges. The authors analyze the relationship between environmental and human rights, arguing the need to establish a normative link between both to systematically implement the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for future generations. The central part of the paper is dedicated to research, analysis and assessment of the condition and status of environmental rights that have developed based on the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights. The relationship between environmental protection and human rights as a synergistic conception in general international law has also found a place in this study, since the European regional legal system in this regard cannot be adequately explored without proper perception and understanding of the universal system of the protection of human rights and the environment, which is conceptually well reflected in multiple Sustainable Development Goals. In order to continue finding the most efficient international institutional protection mechanisms, it is essential to consistently detect and present the international normative framework that recognizes the right to a healthy, clean, and sustainable environment as a human right. Relying on the latter, the authors present and problematize the issue of recognizing the right to a healthy environment as a human right in adopting the 2021 United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution that prescribed the right to a healthy environment as a human right.

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