The European Court of Human Rights ruled that a group of older women’s human rights were being harmed by the impacts of the ...
I T COULD BE the plot of a kitschy tear-jerker: a group of elderly Swiss ladies sue their government in an international court over greenhouse-gas emissions, and win. On April 9th ...
Court finds in favour of group of older Swiss women who claimed inaction on the climate crisis by their government put them ...
The climate crisis case is part of a growing trend of communities suing government entities on the basis of human rights.
Plenty of Conservatives disagree with calls to leave the court, however — pointing out that doing so would leave Britain as something of a legal pariah, in a group with Russia, Belarus and Vatican ...
The European ... government at the court, took note of the ruling. "Together with the authorities concerned, we will now analyze the extensive judgment and review what measures Switzerland will ...
Europe's top human rights court ruled in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who said their government violated their ...
The court ruled in favor of over 2,000 senior women from Switzerland who argued ... make very clear that the European states have a legal responsibility to take real climate action and to protect ...
Verdict will have ripple effect in Europe and beyond, likely setting precedent for how courts deal with climate cases.
Europe's top rights court ... reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Swiss government said it would examine measures it should ...
An international court ruled Switzerland’s failure to tackle the climate crisis violated human rights, in a judgment experts ...