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"Weak government climate policies violate fundamental human rights, the
European court of human rights has ruled.
In a landmark decision on one of three major climate cases, the first such
rulings by an international court, the ECHR raised judicial pressure on
governments to stop filling the atmosphere with gases that make extreme weather
more violent.
The court’s top bench ruled that Switzerland had violated the rights of a group
of older Swiss women to family life, but threw out a French mayor’s case
against France and that of a group of young Portuguese people against 32
European countries.
“It feels like a mixed result because two of the cases were inadmissible,” said
Corina Heri, a law researcher at the University of Zürich. “But actually it’s a
huge success.”
The court, which calls itself “the conscience of Europe”, found that
Switzerland had failed to comply with its duties to stop climate change. It
also set out a path for organisations to bring further cases on behalf of
applicants.
The Swiss verdict opens up all 46 members of the Council of Europe to similar
cases in national courts that they are likely to lose."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
