EUROPE—In a groundbreaking decision, Europe’s highest human rights court ruled in favour of a group of 2,000 Swiss women, all aged 64 and older, who accused their government of failing to adequately ...
The European ... Swiss Federal Office of Justice, which represented the Swiss government at the court, took note of the ...
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 ...
Experts said it was the first time an international court determined that governments were legally obligated to meet their ...
The climate crisis case is part of a growing trend of communities suing government entities on the basis of human rights.
A recent wave of climate-related court cases could have broad implications for legal systems around the world.
In Strasbourg, France, the European Court of Human Rights handed out one victory and two defeats for the climate justice movement today as it ruled on three historic climate cases. The court ruled in ...
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Switzerland violated some rights by failing to slow effects of climate change, ...
A motley crew of Portuguese children, retired Swiss women and a French mayor have filed a trio of cases in an attempt to ...
The court faulted Switzerland for not giving sufficient protection to the Senior Women for Climate Protection. The case sets ...
The European Court of Human Rights found that climate change is a human rights issue, providing a blueprint for Europeans to ...
Europe's top rights court on Tuesday (9 April) said Switzerland was not doing enough to tackle climate change in a historic ...