Weak government climate policies violate fundamental human rights, the European court of human rights has ruled
Weak government climate policies violate fundamental human rights, the European court of human rights has ruled
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Human rights violated by Swiss inaction on climate, ECHR rules in landmark case
In a landmark decision on one of three major climate cases, the first such rulings by an international court, the ECHR raised judicial pressure on governments to stop filling the atmosphere with gases that make extreme weather more violent.
The court’s top bench ruled that Switzerland had violated rights of a group of older Swiss women to family life, but threw out a French mayor’s case against France and that of a group of young Portuguese people against 32 European countries.