As a member of the Council of Europe, Switzerland can get involved in pan-European politics even though it’s not a member of ...
Especially in Switzerland, the KlimaSeniorinnen ruling has been met with sharp criticism. The rightwing Swiss People’s party ...
IT COULD BE the plot of a kitschy tear-jerker: a group of elderly Swiss ladies sue their government in an international court over greenhouse-gas emissions, and win. On April 9th the European ...
Campaigners have been permitted to initiate a High Court challenge against the UK government's decision to ban XL Bully dogs The driving forces behind this legal action are Sophie Coulthard, a 40 year ...
In South Korea, a court heard from youth climate activists and their families, who accuse the government of failing to meaningfully act on climate change. It’s believed to be the first such case ...
Defence lawyers of Jeremy Skibicki have admitted in court the accused killed four Indigenous ... after the French president and the head of the European Commission urged him to use his influence ...
Legislative bodies in Europe should pay close attention to the historic verdict of the ECHR against Switzerland, says an ...
EUROPE—In a groundbreaking decision, Europe’s highest human rights court ruled in favour of a group of 2,000 Swiss women, all aged 64 and older, who accused their government of failing to adequately ...
MADISON - The state's highest court is taking up a lawsuit today that could remove powers from the Republican-controlled state Legislature, reshaping state government. Wisconsin Supreme Court ...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) sided with the women, stating that the Swiss government’s inaction violated their rights under the European Convention on Human Rights. The case ...
The name of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar cannot be registered as a European Union trademark for goods or services in the bloc, a court has ruled. On Wednesday, the EU General Court in ...
Lord Cameron has warned the European ... the court ruled that the human rights of a group of elderly Swiss women had been violated by the failure of their government to act quickly enough to ...