Swiss Grannies case in the ECHR

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Swiss Grannies case in the ECHR

In what has been called the “Swiss grannies” case, four women all aged 74, are asking the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to declare insufficient climate action by the Swiss authorities is violating their human rights. Ireland has decided to oppose this legal challenge in the ECHR and has sent a team over to appeal to the court that this ruling is beyond the court’s scope to dictate national climate policy To explain this further Sean was joined by Clodagh Daly, manager of the Centre for Environmental Justice at Community Law and Mediation (CLM).

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Swiss Grannies case in the ECHR