European Court of Human Rights: state du • Table.Briefings

The climate senior citizens from Switzerland have achieved a significant victory for climate action before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

The European Court of Human Rights’ ruling clarifies for the first time: Climate action falls under human rights according to the Convention. States must enact laws for protection. Switzerland has violated this in several cases.

This could be a groundbreaking ruling for the climate policies of European states and for further climate lawsuits: The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) recognized in its ruling on Tuesday that climate change threatens human rights – and inadequate climate action jeopardizes them. It ruled in favor of a lawsuit by Swiss citizens against their country’s policies but rejected further lawsuits.

European Court of Human Rights: state duty to climate action

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