López Ostra v. Spain

Abstract

Human rights — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950 — Preliminary objections on admissibility — Exhaustion of local remedies — Whether necessary to await the outcome of proceedings relating to the same subject-matter but commenced by others before different types of courts prior to instituting proceedings before the Convention institutions

Human rights — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950 — Right to respect for private and family life and home — Failure of local authorities to secure applicant's rights by terminating nuisance caused by waste-treatment plant — Interference by a public authority with the exercise of the right — State's margin of appreciation — Article 8 of the Convention

Human rights — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950 — Prohibition of degrading treatment — Whether living for years beside a waste-treatment plant amounting to degrading treatment — Article 3 of the Convention