Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz V. Switzerland
''Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz v. Switzerland'' (2024) is a Lists of landmark court decisions, landmark European Court of Human Rights case in which the court ruled that Switzerland violated the European Convention on Human Rights by failing to adequately address Climate change in Switzerland, climate change. It is the first climate change litigation in which an international court has ruled that state inaction violates human rights. Background Climate change in Switzerland As part of its effort to fight climate change caused by carbon dioxide emissions, carbon dioxide () emissions, in 2011 Switzerland passed the Federal Act on the Reduction of Emissions, more commonly called the CO2 Act (Switzerland), Act, which came into force at the start of 2013. The Act, as enacted, set a target of a 20% reduction in emissions over 1990 levels by 2020. Several amendments were since added to the Act, including in response to the Paris Agreement in 2015, with a future target of 50% ...
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European Court Of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), also known as the Strasbourg Court, is an international court of the Council of Europe which interprets the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The court hears applications alleging that a contracting state has breached one or more of the human rights enumerated in the convention or its optional protocols to which a member state is a party. The court is based in Strasbourg, France. The court was established in 1959 and decided its first case in 1960 in ''Lawless v. Ireland''. An application can be lodged by an individual, a group of individuals, or one or more of the other contracting states. Aside from judgments, the court can also issue advisory opinions. The convention was adopted within the context of the Council of Europe, and all of its member states of the Council of Europe, 46 member states are contracting parties to the convention. The court's primary means of judicial interpretation is the living instrument doctrine, ...
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