Switzerland must quit the European Court of Human Rights to save it from the malign influence of foreign judges, the vice president of the country’s biggest party has said. Céline Amaudruz warned that the Swiss population was the boss, not a court in Strasbourg. On Tuesday, the court found in favour of more than 2,000...
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Swiss seniors win big at International court, emissions reduction targets for European countries set
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday, issued a ruling, in favour of a group of Swiss senior women, setting a precedent with implications for European countries’ climate policies. PREMIUM Rosmarie Wydler-Walti and Anne Mahrer, of the Swiss elderly women group Senior Women for Climate Protection, attend the hearing of...
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Swiss government violated women’s human rights by climate change inaction, ECHR rules
The European Court of Human Rights has made a landmark ruling that governments have a duty to protect people from climate change. In a case brought by a group of elderly Swiss women, the Strasbourg judges ruled that Switzerland was not doing enough to tackle climate change. The ruling is binding and can trickle down...