The verdict of the European Court of Human Rights states that Switzerland does not adequately protect its citizens from the effects of climate change, which constitutes a violation of their human rights.
LONDON, Apr 25 (IPS) - 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 Switzerland is violating human rights because it isn’t doing enough to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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 70,000 people across Europe, with a disproportionate number of deaths occurring among…
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 Swi