Published on 23 September 2024
FIRST SECTION
Applications nos. 67766/11 and 482/13
Paolina ADDONIZIO and Others against Italy
and Maria CHIUCHIOLO and Others against Italy
lodged on 25 October 2011 and 21 December 2012 respectively
communicated on 5 September 2024
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The applications concern the opening and operation of a landfill site in the municipality of Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte, in the proximity of the applicants’ homes, in the context of the extraordinary measures to overcome the waste disposal emergency in the Campania region (Law Decree no. 61/2007, converted into Law no. 87/2007).
Relying on Article 8 of the Convention, the applicants complain that in failing to take the requisite protective measures to prevent, minimise or eliminate the effects of the pollution from the landfill, the State authorities have caused serious damage to the environment, endangering their health and well-being and preventing them from enjoying their home. They further complain that the authorities have failed to inform them of the risks to their health that they were exposed to by living in the area surrounding the landfill.
The applicants also allege a breach of Article 13 of the Convention on account of the lack of effective domestic remedies, relying primarily on the alleged impossibility to prevent the landfill from being operational.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
1. Has there been a violation of the applicants’ right to respect for their private life and their home, contrary to Article 8 of the Convention?
(a) In particular, did the authorities strike a fair balance between the competing interests of individual applicants and the community as a whole and, also in view of the alleged risk to the health and well-being of the applicants, comply with their obligation to take all reasonable and adequate measures to protect their rights under Article 8 (see Cordella and Others v. Italy, nos. 54414/13 and 54264/15, § 158, 24 January 2019, and Locascia and Others v. Italy, no. 35648/10, § 124, 19 October 2023)?
(b) In relation to the decision-making process leading to the opening of the landfill, was the relevant decision preceded by appropriate investigations and studies (see Giacomelli v. Italy, no. 59909/00, § 83, ECHR 2006-XII, and Dubetska and Others v. Ukraine, no. 30499/03, § 143, 10 February 2011)?
(c) Have the people concerned, including the applicants, been provided with information enabling them to assess the risks to which they have been exposed by continuing to live in the proximity of the landfill site (see Locascia and Others, cited above, § 125)?
2. Did the applicants have at their disposal an effective remedy for their complaints under Article 8 of the Convention, as required by Article 13 of the Convention (see Di Sarno and Others v. Italy, no. 30765/08, §§ 114-18, 10 January 2012, and Cordella and Others, cited above, §§ 175-76)?
The Government are invited to indicate:
- whether the Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte landfill site has been operational following its preventive seizure by the preliminary investigations judge (giudice per le indagini preliminari) of the Benevento District Court (criminal proceedings no. R.G. GIP 3152/10);
- whether any steps have been taken to decontaminate the site since the lodging of the present applications;
- which developments have occurred since the introduction of the present applications in the criminal proceedings before the Benevento District Court (R.G. GIP 3152/10) and whether there are any other criminal proceedings (either pending or concluded) which concern the Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte landfill site and the surrounding area.
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Case name
Introduction date
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Place of residence
Nationality
Representative’s name
Location
1.
67766/11
Addonizio and Others v. Italy
25/10/2011
Paolina ADDONIZIO
1945
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Erminia Maria ADDONIZIO
1965
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Silvana ADDONIZIO
1971
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Rosaria Cristina Palma ANTONUCCI
1957
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Maria BARTOLO
1947
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Antonietta BELMONTE
1949
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Elinane BOLENAGE
1969
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Filomena BOZZA
1990
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Nicola BOZZA
1964
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Maria CACCIALINO
1951
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Maria Rosaria CECERE
1931
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Rosa Isabella CECERE
1930
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Angelo Raffaele CHIUCHIOLO
1947
Benevento
Italian
Arcangelo CHIUCHIOLO
1945
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Costanzo CHIUCHIOLO
1942
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Crescenzo CHIUCHIOLO
1951
San Giorgio Del Sannio
Italian
Massimo CHIUCHIOLO
1976
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Maria Carmela CILIBERTI
1960
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Lorella Lucia D’ALESSANDRO
1962
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Filomena D’ANGELIS
1944
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Giovanni DE SIMONE
1991
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Massimo DE SIMONE
1965
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Simona DE SIMONE
1990
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Tommaso DE SIMONE
1966
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Giuseppe DI DONATO
1964
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Pasquale DI DONATO
1966
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Raffaella DIGITALE
1935
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Gabriella Mihaela EDU
1988
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Romanian
Pavel Daniel EDU
1983
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Romanian
Anna Maria FARESE
1957
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Filomena FRATTOLILLO
1954
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Antonio FUCCILLO
1939
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Arturo FUCCILLO
1922
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Arturo FUCCILLO
1986
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Assunta FUCCILLO
1986
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Carmela FUCCILLO
1969
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Cristina FUCCILLO
1989
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Filippo FUCCILLO
1949
Benevento
Italian
Giuliana FUCCILLO
1963
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Luciano FUCCILLO
1953
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Natascia FUCCILLO
1991
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Pompilia FUCCILLO
1966
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Leonida GIANGRANDE
1972
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Alfredo GIANGREGORIO
1967
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Giuseppina GIANNITTO
1979
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Alberto IACOVIELLO
1987
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Federica IACOVIELLO
1991
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Maria Pia IACOVIELLO
1985
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Valentina IACOVIELLO
1986
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Stefania IGNOZZA
1969
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Rosetta LA ROCCA
1968
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Carla LAURENTI
1980
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Giuseppina LUONGO
1929
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Lina Barbara LUONGO
1982
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Fiorenzo LUPONE
1954
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Giovanni MAZZEO
1977
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Maria MAZZOCCA
1962
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Matteo MAZZOCCA
1995
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Maurizio MAZZOCCA
1957
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Deborah MAZZONE
1975
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Gian Carlo MAZZONE
1976
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Luigina MAZZONE
1962
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Natalino Giuseppe MAZZONE
1947
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Filomena MEROLA
1935
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Addolorata NEGRO
1980
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Francesco NEGRO
1947
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Gian Francesco NEGRO
1978
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Leonardo Graziano NEVOLA
1953
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Vincenzo NEVOLA
1953
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Filomena PADOVANO
1986
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Elvira PAGLIUSO
1966
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Gianluca PAGLIUSO
1973
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Giuseppina PAGLIUSO
1933
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Leopoldo PAGLIUSO
1942
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Angelina PANARESE
1939
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Angelina Luigia PANARESE
1951
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Carmine PANARESE
1965
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Fausto PANARESE
1953
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Maria Giuseppa PANARESE
1959
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Rosa PANARESE
1937
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Antonio PASTORE
1967
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Anna PENNUCCI
1946
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Stefano PETROCCIA
1985
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Loriana PIEMONTESE
1970
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Lorenzina PIERRO
1957
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Marianna PILATO
1931
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Giuseppe RANALDO
1990
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Anna RICCI
1937
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Susanna RIEBEN
1947
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Fausto ROSSETTI
1952
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Sarah Priscilla ROSSETTI
1942
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Sebastiano ROSSETTI
1945
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Anna SCURA
1991
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Francesca SCURA
1989
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Giorgio SCURA
1955
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Giovanni SIGNORIELLO
1942
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Luigi Antonio SILVESTRI
1930
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Rosa STOLA
1962
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Michele TUCCI
1974
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Franca TUFO
1953
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Raffaella VARRICCHIO
1975
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Antonio ZULLO
1960
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Antonio ZULLO
1988
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Carmela ZULLO
1960
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Gerardo ZULLO
1964
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Giovanni ZULLO
1960
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Raimondo ZULLO
1960
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Renato ZULLO
1988
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Rosanna ZULLO
1990
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Valerio ZULLO
1990
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Francesco ANGELONI
Benevento
2.
482/13
Chiuchiolo and Others v. Italy
21/12/2012
Maria CHIUCHIOLO
1957
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Michele BOZZELLA
1972
Paduli
Italian
Pellegrino BOZZELLA
1972
Paduli
Italian
Gerardo D’ANGELIS
1962
Paduli
Italian
Maria Carmela DE FILIPPO
1960
Paduli
Italian
Giuseppina DE ROSA
1960
Paduli
Italian
Marco LAURENTI
1947
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Fernando LIMONGELLI
1952
Paduli
Italian
Lucia MAGISTRO
1975
Paduli
Italian
Chiarina MARMORALE
1964
Paduli
Italian
Luigi MASTROVITO
1990
Paduli
Italian
Raffaele MAZZEO
1979
Paduli
Italian
Rosa MAZZEO
1930
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Carmine MAZZONE
1925
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Giuseppe MESSERE
1973
Paduli
Italian
Pompea MESSERE
1972
Paduli
Italian
Claudio MINICOZZI
1986
Paduli
Italian
Fausto MINICOZZI
1972
Paduli
Italian
Felice MINICOZZI
1950
Paduli
Italian
Filiberto MINICOZZI
1965
Paduli
Italian
Gianni MINICOZZI
1964
Paduli
Italian
Sandrino MINICOZZI
1966
Paduli
Italian
Verena MUHLETHALER
1962
Paduli
Italian
Maria PANARESE
1925
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Nicoletta PANARESE
1932
Sant’Arcangelo Trimonte
Italian
Mario RANALDO
1968
Paduli
Italian
Nicolino SCUDIERO
1964
Paduli
Italian
Simona ZENCA
1981
Paduli
Italian
Francesco ANGELONI
Benevento