The Independent22d
Swiss women win landmark climate victory at European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) sided with more than 2,000 Swiss members of Senior Women for Climate Protection, who had argued that their government ... will take in the future.” ...
Swiss seniors win big at International court, emissions reduction targets for European countries set
The European Court of Human Rights ... who also petitioned the court over a climate crisis case, but weren’t as lucky as the ...
CBC.ca22d
Senior Swiss women prevail in landmark climate case at Europe's human rights court
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR ... us too and a win for everyone!" The Swiss verdict, which cannot be appealed, could compel the government to take greater action on reducing emissions ...
Salon21d
Swiss seniors win first-ever human-rights case on climate change
A group of elderly Swiss women made history on Tuesday when they became the first plaintiffs to win a climate-related victory in the European Court of ... that the Swiss government has not met ...
Democracy Now22d
European Rights Court Hands Win to Swiss Seniors, Defeat to Portuguese Youth in Historic Climate Cases
Siofra O’Leary: “The court finds that there were some critical lacunae in the Swiss authorities ... clear that the European states have a legal responsibility to take real climate action ...
Reuters21d
Reaction to Swiss women's victory in landmark climate court case
STRASBOURG, April 9 (Reuters) - Europe's top human rights court ruled in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who said their government ... European states have a legal responsibility to take ...
Al Jazeera English22d
Top European court hands Swiss women victory in landmark climate ruling
On Tuesday, the European Court ... Swiss government said it will analyse the ruling and review future measures. The Swiss verdict, which cannot be appealed, could compel the government to take ...
Reuters19d
European court ruling puts cautious Swiss in climate bind
It found in favour of over 2,000 Swiss ... government before the court, said it must be implemented. It said it would analyse the ruling to determine the measures the country needed to take.
Forbes22d
Switzerland Climate Change Case Links Policies To Human Rights: What To Know About Landmark Decision
The European ... waves because the Swiss government has not done enough to protect them from the warming planet. Protesters hold pennants during a rally before the European Court of Human Rights ...
The Financial Times22d
Climate change failings violate citizens’ rights, European court rules
The case at the European Court ... Swiss government said it “takes note of the judgment” and would analyse it “with the authorities concerned and the measures which Switzerland has to take ...
CNN22d
International court rules Switzerland violated human rights in landmark climate case brought by 2,000 women
The European ... s government. They argued that climate change-fueled heat waves undermined their health and quality of life, and put them at risk of dying. The court ruled that the Swiss ...