Swiss women win landmark climate case at Europe's top human rights court

Members of Swiss association Senior Women for Climate Protection react on Apr 9, 2024, after the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the Swiss government had violated the human rights of its citizens by failing to do enough to combat climate change.

In her ruling, Court President Siofra O'Leary said the Swiss government had failed to comply with its own targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions and had failed to set a national carbon budget. The Swiss Federal Office of Justice, which represented the Swiss government at the court, took note of the ruling.

The verdict in the Swiss case, which cannot be appealed, will have international ripple effects, most directly by establishing a binding legal precedent for all 46 countries that are signatories to the European Convention on Human Rights.If Switzerland does not update its policies, further litigation could follow at the national level and courts could issue financial penalties, Lucy Maxwell, co-director of the non-profit Climate Litigation Network, said.

" sets a crucial legally binding precedent serving as a blueprint for how to successfully sue your own government over climate failures," Ruth Delbaere, legal campaigns director at global civic movement Avaaz, said of the Swiss case's outcome.

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