Podcasts entertainment Moncrieff Highlights Swiss Grannies case in the ECHR

Swiss Grannies case in the ECHR

Published: April 11, 2023, 2:05 p.m.

b'In what has been called the \\u201cSwiss grannies\\u201d case, four women all aged 74, are asking the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to declare insufficient climate action by the Swiss authorities is violating their human rights. \\n\\nIreland has decided to oppose this legal challenge in the ECHR and has sent a team over to appeal to the court that this ruling is beyond the court\\u2019s scope to dictate national climate policy \\n\\nTo explain this further Sean was joined by Clodagh Daly, manager of the Centre for Environmental Justice at Community Law and Mediation (CLM).'