LEGAL PROTECTION OF THE RIGHT FOR A HEALTHY ENVIROMENT IN THE LIGHT OF ESTABLISHING A CASUAL LINK BETWEEN DAMAGE TO PEOPLE'S HEALTH AND POLLUTED AIR AS A CONSEQUENCE OF IRREGULAR INDUSTRIAL IMMISSIONS

Omenjena pravica pripada človeku iz gospodarskih in socialnih razmerij, določenih z Ustavo Republike Slovenije (v nadaljevanju: Ustava RS). Država skrb za zdravo življenjsko okolje uresničuje s sprejemanjem zakonskih in podzakonskih aktov, ki zagotavljajo spoštovanje osnovnih človekovih vrednot, poleg tega pa dopuščajo delovanje vseh družbenih področij. S takšno zakonodajo naj bi se zagotovilo preprečevanje bodočega obremenjevanja okolja, omejilo obstoječe obremenjevanje in odstranjevalo že nastalo škodo. Na tej osnovi ima posameznik, v okviru civilnopravnega varstva, pravico do povračila materialne in nematerialne škode ter hkrati tudi možnost izbire med štirimi zakonskimi podlagami prepovednega zahtevka. Vendar pa dejstvo, da sodne prakse, ki bi obravnavala tovrstno problematiko skorajda ni, nakazuje na neučinkovitost pravnega varstva. Eden izmed ključnih dejavnikov neučinkovitosti je zagotovo težja dokazljivost vzročne zveze med vzrokom in nastalo škodo v primerih okoljskih civilnopravnih deliktov, pri čemer pa je rešitev problema vzročne zveze ključnega pomena za uspešno procesiranje tovrstnih dejanj. A person has the right to a healthy environment, to which he or she is entitled from economic and social relations laid down by the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia (following: Constitution of RS). State's concern for a healthy environment is performed by adopting legal acts and regulations, which ensure basic human values are respected and at the same time allow all social areas to function. This kind of legislation should prevent future environmental nuisance, limit existing nuisance and remove damage. On this basis an individual within the civil-law security rights has the right to claim compensation for material and non-material damage and also the right to choose between four legal basis of prohibitory injunction. However, there is no case law concerning this issue, which points at the inefficiency of legal protection. One of the key factors of inefficiency is harder traceability of casual link between cause and damage in the cases of environmental civil-law delicts, whereby solving the problem of casual link is of key importance to successfully process these acts.