The women, all over 65, argued they were especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. An international court ...
The seeds of this week’s historic victory by an association of elderly women at the European Court of Human Rights were sown in the baking heat of summer 2003. That year, a heat wave killed as many as ...
Decision by European court of human rights around vulnerability of older women to heatwaves marks significant shift ...
The young people of Montana and the senior women of Switzerland have shown us an effective legal strategy to push our ...
A group of senior Swiss women recently won a powerful victory offering renewed hope for tackling climate change. Earlier this month, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the government of ...
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Europe’s highest human rights court ruled Tuesday that countries must better protect their people ...
An international court ruled Switzerland’s failure to tackle the climate crisis violated human rights, in a judgment experts ...
The landmark ruling against Switzerland for climate inaction confirmed governments’ obligations to lower greenhouse gas ...
The case at the European Court of Human Rights was brought by a 2,000-strong group of Swiss women, aged mostly in their 70s, ...
The political battle against climate change has, so far, largely been driven by government legislation and regulation.
Europe's top rights court on Tuesday said Switzerland was not doing enough to tackle climate change in a historic decision ...
A flurry of arrests this week reflect the continent’s newly toughened response to Beijing’s espionage activities and ...