acargitz to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net • 2 years agoEuropean court rules human rights violated by climate inactionwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down15cross-posted to: news@beehaw.orgclimatehope@lemmy.worldclimatecrisis@lemmy.ml
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minus-square@MrMakabar@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoThe ECtHR is for the signatories of the ECHR, which has been signed by all EU members, but also all other countries in Europe save for Russia and Belarus. So the UK, Norway, Turkey, Serbia, Ukraine, Switzerland and so forth are also bound by this.
minus-square@riodoro1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•edit-22 years agoI guess countries are now famous for respecting obligations.
minus-squareacargitzOPlinkfedilink4•edit-21 year agoYou can be as blasé as you want but the ECtHR is the closest thing that exists to an effective international court: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights#Effectiveness
The ECtHR is for the signatories of the ECHR, which has been signed by all EU members, but also all other countries in Europe save for Russia and Belarus. So the UK, Norway, Turkey, Serbia, Ukraine, Switzerland and so forth are also bound by this.
I guess countries are now famous for respecting obligations.
You can be as blasé as you want but the ECtHR is the closest thing that exists to an effective international court: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights#Effectiveness