The Court seems to have spelled out a clear way forward for climate cases - and confirmed that climate change is very much an ECHR issue,” she writes from Strasbourg, while live-tweeting the hearing on X.
The Court seems to have spelled out a clear way forward for climate cases - and confirmed that climate change is very much an ECHR issue,” she writes from Strasbourg, while live-tweeting the hearing on X.
A basis for the ruling was a breach of art 8 of the Human Rights convention"
"Today, the Strasbourg Court declared that Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights encompasses a right to effective protection by the state “from the serious adverse effects of climate change on lives, health, well-being and quality of life”.
It found that the Swiss Confederation had failed to comply with its duties under the Convention concerning climate change."