SEVeso investigates on the rights of victims of environmental disasters, caused by industrial development by focusing on emblematic national cases in a comparative fashion. The project answers the following fundamental research question: which are the main socio-juridical and informational tools, support services and key actors supporting eco-victims’ access to justice and compensation, and how these tools can be improved? On the basis of this, the project has a twofold nature. First, an analytical one that has the objective of investigating eco-victims’ access to information (legal and health related), to justice and compensation and the role of support services and actors as associations and lawyers. Second, a more practical nature that has the aim of proposing solutions for improving eco-victims’ access to information and justice as amendments to legislation, the implementation of tools for information diffusion (online website dedicated to eco-victims) or tools for victims’ involvement and victims/offender facilitation as restorative justice procedures. In order to pursue the mentioned objectives, three milestones will be attained. First, a socio-legal and organizational analysis involving the following activities: a) a socio-legal analysis of international, EU and national norms regarding environmental harm and eco-victims’ rights with a specific focus on the application in practice of the legislation and the role of main actors; b) study of best (and worst) practices in terms of support services for eco-victims through emblematic case-studies (ex-ILVA, Taranto; Priolo; Mantua Lakes); c) the draft of a white paper including sustainable and transferable models of services to assist eco-victims and proposals of national legislation amendments. Second, an online support stage involving: a) the implementation of a one-stop shop website for eco-victims; b) the implementation of an online legal atlas including legal information for eco-victims in an accessible language; c) the implementation of an epidemiological risk atlas including accessible information on pollution-related health risks; d) a data-gathering system that allows citizens (victims or victims’ relatives) to file anonymized information on judicial procedures or pollution-related health issues. Third, a restorative justice (RJ) stage involving the following activities: a) a methodological study of RJ for environmental crimes combining restorative justice and participative democracy methods; b) the organization of RJ processes in the three case studies involving victims, entrepreneurs, workers and other stakeholders; c) the draft of guidelines for environmental crime's RJ as a result of the experience acquired during the processes implemented. The results of the project will be also disseminated through a communication strategy including media activities, several publications (book, articles), participation in national and international conferences and a final SEVeso conference.
SEVeso - Support Eco-Victims: strategies and tools for supporting rights and compensation of environmental harm’s victims
Sette R.
In corso di stampa
Abstract
SEVeso investigates on the rights of victims of environmental disasters, caused by industrial development by focusing on emblematic national cases in a comparative fashion. The project answers the following fundamental research question: which are the main socio-juridical and informational tools, support services and key actors supporting eco-victims’ access to justice and compensation, and how these tools can be improved? On the basis of this, the project has a twofold nature. First, an analytical one that has the objective of investigating eco-victims’ access to information (legal and health related), to justice and compensation and the role of support services and actors as associations and lawyers. Second, a more practical nature that has the aim of proposing solutions for improving eco-victims’ access to information and justice as amendments to legislation, the implementation of tools for information diffusion (online website dedicated to eco-victims) or tools for victims’ involvement and victims/offender facilitation as restorative justice procedures. In order to pursue the mentioned objectives, three milestones will be attained. First, a socio-legal and organizational analysis involving the following activities: a) a socio-legal analysis of international, EU and national norms regarding environmental harm and eco-victims’ rights with a specific focus on the application in practice of the legislation and the role of main actors; b) study of best (and worst) practices in terms of support services for eco-victims through emblematic case-studies (ex-ILVA, Taranto; Priolo; Mantua Lakes); c) the draft of a white paper including sustainable and transferable models of services to assist eco-victims and proposals of national legislation amendments. Second, an online support stage involving: a) the implementation of a one-stop shop website for eco-victims; b) the implementation of an online legal atlas including legal information for eco-victims in an accessible language; c) the implementation of an epidemiological risk atlas including accessible information on pollution-related health risks; d) a data-gathering system that allows citizens (victims or victims’ relatives) to file anonymized information on judicial procedures or pollution-related health issues. Third, a restorative justice (RJ) stage involving the following activities: a) a methodological study of RJ for environmental crimes combining restorative justice and participative democracy methods; b) the organization of RJ processes in the three case studies involving victims, entrepreneurs, workers and other stakeholders; c) the draft of guidelines for environmental crime's RJ as a result of the experience acquired during the processes implemented. The results of the project will be also disseminated through a communication strategy including media activities, several publications (book, articles), participation in national and international conferences and a final SEVeso conference.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
