Business and Human Rights

Event Recording: Corporate responsibility - Business and human rights in climate disputes

This session will examine the evolving legal landscape where climate-related claims intersect with human rights and corporate responsibilities. Speakers include Dr. Ekaterina Aristova (University of Oxford), Gabrielle Galdino-Glaeser (Baker McKenzie), Roger Leese (Clifford Chance), and Ernst Müller (Herbert Smith Freehills).

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Failure to act on climate change violates human rights: the KlimaSeniorinnen case

On 9 April 2024 the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) handed down its judgment in Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz v Switzerland (KlimaSeniorinnen), finding that Switzerland violated the applicants' rights under Articles 6 and 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the Convention) by failing to take adequate measures to mitigate climate change and the effect of global warming.

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