On April 9, 2024, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights ruled in Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz v. Switzerland that Switzerland had violated the European Convention on Human Rights by failing to take adequate action against climate change. It was the first time an international court held a state liable on human-rights grounds for insufficient climate measures, finding breaches of Article 8 (private and family life) and Article 6 (access to court). The court was led at the time by President Síofra O'Leary, the first woman to head the institution.
On April 9, 2024, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights ruled in Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz v. Switzerland that Switzerland had violated the European Convention on Human Rights by failing to take adequate action against climate change. It was the first time an international court held a state liable on human-rights grounds for insufficient climate measures, finding breaches of Article 8 (private and family life) and Article 6 (access to court). The court was led at the time by President Síofra O'Leary, the first woman to head the institution.
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A supranational court holding a state to account under human-rights law directly intensifies supranational accountability pressure.
