A recent wave of climate-related court cases could have broad implications for legal systems around the world.
The climate crisis case is part of a growing trend of communities suing government entities on the basis of human rights.
A motley crew of Portuguese children, retired Swiss women and a French mayor have filed a trio of cases in an attempt to ...
Experts said it was the first time an international court determined that governments were legally obligated to meet their ...
STORY: The European Court of Human Rights ruled in favor of a group of elderly Swiss women on Tuesday (April 9), who had ...
Europe's top human rights court ruled on Tuesday that the Swiss government had violated the human rights of its citizens by ...
The European Court of Human Rights is the latest to weigh in on if protection from climate change is a right that should be ...
Confronted by data on the plaintiffs’ vulnerability to climate impacts, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that ...
Switzerland for all its snow-capped mountains and crisp Alpine air has failed to protect its people from the ravages of ...
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Switzerland violated some rights by failing to slow effects of climate change, ...
An international court ruled Switzerland’s failure to tackle the climate crisis violated human rights, in a judgment experts ...
The court also threw out cases brought by six Portuguese youths and a French mayor aimed at forcing countries to meet climate ...