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Italy failing to protect Land of Fires inhabitants -ECHR (3)

Italy failing to protect Land of Fires inhabitants -ECHR (3)

Rome must draw up a comprehensive strategy to save lives - court

STRASBOURG, 30 January 2025, 15:38

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The Italian State is failing in its duty to ensure the safety of the inhabitants in Campania's so-called 'Land of Fires' (Terra dei Fuochi), an area where criminal organisations have dumped and burned trash and toxic waste for decades, the European Court of Human Rights said in a ruling on Thursday.
    The Court said that Italy had "failed to deal with such a serious situation with the diligence and expedition required - despite having known about the problem for many years - specifically in assessing the problem, preventing its continuation, and communicating to the affected public".
    The court said that some 2.9 million people live in the Land of Fires', where increased rates of cancer and pollution of groundwater have been recorded.
    It ruled that Italy had violated of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights regarding the right to life.
    It said Italy two years to had to draw up a comprehensive strategy to address the Terra dei Fuochi situation, set up an independent monitoring mechanism, and establish a public information platform.
    It added that 35 pending applications regarding the Land of Fires from around 4,700 applicants will be adjourned for this period.
    The European Court of Human Rights, in its ruling on the Land of Fires, indicated that the authorities have two years to implement a series of interventions considered by Strasbourg necessary both to remedy all types of pollution that organized crime, industries and companies, as well as individuals have caused by dumping, burning and incinerating waste, and to inform citizens about the situation and its evolution.
    The judges indicated that the authorities must adopt a strategy that addresses all the different types of pollution and in all the areas affected, and that they must provide for the coordination of interventions in order "to avoid unnecessary fragmentation of responsibilities".
    The strategy must be implemented by consulting civil society.
    The plan must include all measures aimed at identifying the areas affected by illegal waste disposal practices and assessing the nature and extent of their contamination; managing any risks revealed; investigating the health impacts of pollution and combating illegal dumping, burial and incineration of waste.
    Furthermore, the Court indicated, "it should contain clear short-, medium- and long-term implementation timetables and the identification of the necessary resources and their allocation to the State bodies that will intervene".
    In addition to having to take into account the evolution of the situation, given that new landfills are discovered and waste continues to be burned.
    The Court then considers that the decontamination of the affected areas is of primary and urgent importance and urges the authorities to provide for the submission of periodic and detailed reports on the actions undertaken and completed and their effectiveness.
    The ECHR also considers it necessary for Italy to create an independent monitoring mechanism that examines what has been done and compliance with the deadlines, and makes its conclusions public.
    Finally, the State must establish a public online platform that collects, in an accessible and structured way, all relevant information relating to the problem of the Land of Fires and the measures adopted or planned to address it, with information on their state of implementation.


   

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