The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday, issued a ruling, in favour of a group of Swiss ...
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 women, all over 65, argued they were especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. An international court ...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who had argued that their government's inadequate efforts to combat climate change put them ...
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 ...
Four years ago, a group of women, aged 64 and up, filed a lawsuit before Europe’s top human rights court against Switzerland for violating their rights by not protecting them from the health ...
The young people of Montana and the senior women of Switzerland have shown us an effective legal strategy to push our ...
GENEVA/ZURICH - Switzerland for all its snow-capped mountains and crisp Alpine air has failed to protect its people from the ravages of climate change, as a top European court ruled this week.
Presented by Hannah Moore with Isabella Kaminski; produced by Tom Glasser, George McDonagh and Solomon King; executive producer Elizabeth Cassin Last week a group of older women successfully ...
As a member of the Council of Europe, Switzerland can get involved in pan-European politics even though it’s not a member of ...
The court agreed, ruling that the Swiss state's climate policy failures violated Article 8 of the European rights convention, which guarantees the "right to respect for private and family life ...
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 ...