Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v Switzerland: Making climate change litigation history

Citation

Savaresi A (2025) Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v Switzerland: Making climate change litigation history. Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law, 34 (1), pp. 279-287. https://doi.org/10.1111/reel.12612

Abstract
This case note examines the landmark judgment issued by the European Court of Human Rights regarding the complaint brought by the NGO Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and four individual applicants against Switzerland. It explores the groundbreaking nature of this judgment and its broader implications for climate change litigation at the national, regional and international levels.

Journal
Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law: Volume 34, Issue 1

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