Introduction
Lopez Ostra was a Spanish citizen who filed a case before the European Court of Human Rights through the European Commission on human rights. The claimants accused the Spanish government of failing to protect his privacy, home, and family life against pollution from neighboring factories which amounted to a violation of the right to healthy environment and the right to respect the private home and family life. This case was anchored on the responsibility of the state to be held accountable for actions of private entities within its jurisdiction. It is a sophisticated case that was instituted under the ...
