President of the European Court of Human Rights Síofra O'Leary, centre, leaves after a ruling on climate, Tuesday, April 9, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. Europe's highest human rights court ruled Tuesday that its member nations have an obligation to protect their citizens from the ill effects of, but still threw out a high-profile case brought by six Portuguese youngsters aimed at forcing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Judgments from the European Court of Human Rights set a legal precedent against which future lawsuits would be judged in the Council of Europe's 46 member states. The decisions have “the potential to be a watershed moment in the global fight for a liveable future. A victory for any of the three cases would be one of the most significant developments on climate change since the signing of the Paris Agreement” said Gerry Liston, a lawyer with the Global Legal Action Network, which is supporting the Portuguese students.
Together with five more young people, 16-year-old Andre dos Santos Oliveira took Portugal and 32 other nations to court, arguing the failure to stop emissions violated their fundamental rights. Their case was thrown out. In all three cases, lawyers argued that the political and civil protections guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights are meaningless if the planet is uninhabitable.
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