Strasbourg and Climate Change: Taking Stock
06 February 2025, 7:15 pm–8:15 pm

Co-organised by the UCL Public International Law group, the Centre for Law and Environment, and the Institute for Human Rights
Event Information
Open to
- All
Organiser
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UCL Laws Events
Location
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Denys Holland Lecture Theatre, UCL LawsBentham House, Endsleigh GardensLondonWC1H 0EG
Chair: Lord Sales (Supreme Court)
Speaker: Judge Tim Eicke (European Court of Human Rights)
About this talk
2024 saw the publication, by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights, of its groundbreaking decisions and judgment in Carême, Duarte Agostinho et al and Klimaseniorinnen Schweiz, the submissions by Switzerland of its Action Report in relation to the execution of the latter judgment to the Committee of Ministers, and the continuation (with a view to completion by the end of 2024) of the work of the CDDH on the need for and feasibility of a further Council of Europe instrument or instruments on human rights and the environment. Elsewhere, oral hearings took place for two weeks before the International Court of Justice on Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change. In this talk, Tim Eicke, judge elected in respect of the U.K. on the ECtHR, will take stock of the state of play as we are approaching the first anniversary of the Grand Chamber decisions and judgments.
About the speaker

Before taking up his current position he practised at Essex Court Chambers in the fields of public and constitutional law, human rights law, EU law and public international law and regularly appeared in the European Court of Justice, ECtHR as well as the domestic courts including the UK Supreme Court. He currently is a Member of the American Society of International Law and of the Public International Law Advisory Panel of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. He holds an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) from the University of Dundee (2017).
Schedule
Arrival from 19:00
Lecture Starts at 19:15
Lecture ends at 20:15