Asselbourg and 78 Others and Greenpeace v. Luxembourg

The European Court of Human Rights held that applicants did not have standing to challenge Luxembourg's actions in failing to properly license and regulate activities of a steelworks company operating near the applicants' homes under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, because applicants failed to establish a direct link between the conditions imposed by the licenses governing the steelworks operations and their own reasonably foreseeable damages. Article 8 recognizes the right to respect for private lives and homes. Furthermore, the Court held that the dismissal for a lack of standing did not restrict the applicants access to a tribunal because the applicants have legal remedies available to them under Luxembourg law.