Swiss 'Senior Women' Take Government to Court over Climate Change

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A group from the Senior Women for Climate Protection association hold banners outside the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France March 29, 2023. © 2023 Emma Farge/Reuters On March 29, in a landmark legal hearing, older women from Switzerland argued before the European Court of Human Rights that their government’s failure to sufficiently reduce the country’s greenhouse gas emissions has violated their human rights. The applicants, all women over 63, say that heat waves, which have become more frequent and intense as result of climate change, interfere with…

Read complete article

~	AI clones made from user data pose uncanny risks

~	Removing antimicrobial resistance from the WHO’s ‘pandemic treaty’ will leave humanity extremely vulnerable to future pandemics

~	Emotional intelligence is the key to more successful entrepreneurs

~	Canadian police are becoming more militarized, and that is damaging public trust

~	Canada should look to its past and Europe for guidance on media policy — but not south

~	Hong Kong: Tiananmen anniversary arrests highlight deepening repression

~	Hong Kong authorities clampdown on the annual commemoration of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown

~	Tanzania has moved its capital from Dar after a 50-year wait - but is Dodoma ready?

~	Your snacks may be delicious, but are they safe?

~	What are meteorites? I visit and study the craters they've left across our planet