Title:
Balmer-Schafroth and others v. Switzerland
Party:
Switzerland
Region:
Europe
Type of document:
International court
Date of text:
August 26, 1997
Data source:
InforMEA
Court name:
European Court of Human Rights
Seat of court:
Strasbourg
Justice(s):
Ryssdal(president), R.
Bernhardt, R.
Golcuklu, F.
Pettiti, L.-E.
Walsh, B.
Russo, C.
Spielmann, A.
Valtocos, N.
Foighel, I.
Loizou, A.N.
Freeland, Sir John
Baka, A.B.
Lopes Rocha, M.A.
Wildhaber, L.
Mifsud Bonnici, G.
Makarczyk, J.
Jambrek, P.
Jungwiert, K.
Lohmus, U.
Levits, E.
Reference number:
67\1996\686\876
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Abstract:
The applicants lived close to a nuclear power plant which had applied for an extension of its operating period and also an increase in production. The question before the Court was whether the risks of living close to a nuclear plant was enough for applying Art. 6(1). The Court found it not applicable since the outcome of the proceedings in issue was not directly decisive for the right asserted by the applicants. The applicants could not show that they were exposed to a specific, imminent and serious danger.