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Climate: Switzerland sanctioned for its inaction by the European Court of Human Rights
On Tuesday April 9, the European Court of Human Rights found Switzerland responsible for the deterioration of the health of a group of elderly people, through its inaction against global warming. The first victory in a long series?
(franceinfo)
On Tuesday April 9, the European Court of Human Rights found Switzerland responsible for the deterioration of the health of a group of elderly people, through its inaction against global warming. The first victory in a long series?
It’s a victory awaited for months. A collective of 2,500 elderly people denouncing the effects of global warming climatic on their health, took Switzerland to court, and won the case on Tuesday April 9. Me Cordelia Bähr, lawyer of “Elders for climate protection”the collective at the origin of the complaint, welcomed “a historic day”with emotion. “The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the rights of ‘Elders for climate protection’ have been violated”the lawyer rejoiced to the press.
For Greta Thunberg, “this is only the beginning”
Environmental activist Greta Thunberg herself came to attend the event. The decision is important because it constitutes case law and can therefore be taken as a reference judgment for similar cases. “This is only the beginning in terms of litigation climatic. Around the world, more and more people are taking their governments to court.”, underlined Greta Thunberg. Tuesday morning, the Court judged three cases against states which do not respect their commitments against global warming climatic. One of the files concerns France.
