Summary

Climate case Bonaire. Public interest litigation. Human rights; Articles 2, 8, 14 ECHR. UN Climate Change Convention and Paris Agreement. Overall assessment according to ECtHR in KlimaSeniorinnen judgment; review of mitigation and adaptation measures and procedural safeguards. Declaratory judgment that the positive obligations of Article 8 of the ECHR have been violated. Unequal treatment. Declaratory judgment that there has been a violation of Article 14 of the ECHR and Article 1 of the 12th Protocol to the ECHR. Order to the State to take measures in accordance with the UN agreements, including the preparation and implementation of an adaptation plan.

The State of the Netherlands (Ministry of Climate Policy and Green Growth, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management and Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)