May 10, 2021 5:57 pm
“Climate justice must not stop at borders” NGOs have told the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), in what has been labelled a “landmark case”.
As the ECHR considers the case on climate change, which has been brought by six young people from Portugal against 33 European countries including Ireland, Amnesty International and other human rights organisations and academics have provided the court with legal arguments “on how government climate policies must protect the rights of people outside their borders”.
‘Climate crisis does not respect borders’
Ashfaq Khalfan, Amnesty’s law and policy director said that the climate crisis “does not respect borders and our laws and policies must reflect this”.