Joint media release by KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Greenpeace Switzerland
Media advisory, Friday 15 March 2024

Swiss Senior Women for Climate Protection before the ECtHR: ruling
expected in spring
A ruling in the case Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland (applicationno. 53600/20) is expected in the course of the spring. The European Court of Human Rights(ECtHR) has responded to a corresponding request of the Senior Women for Climate
Protection Switzerland (KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz) and the four individual applicants. Thesenior women therefore expect the ruling to be handed down in the next three months, mostlikely in a public hearing.
It is likely that the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR will also issue a ruling on the other twoclimate cases Duarte Agostinho and Others v. Portugal and 32 Other States (no. 39371/20)
and Carême v. France (no. 7189/21) during the same period. Switzerland is a respondent inboth the Climate Seniors’ case and the Portuguese Youth v. 32 States in Europe case. It isexpected that the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR will use the three climate cases to develop
principles on the question of whether and to what extent states with an inadequate climate
policy violate their duty to protect human rights.
The Swiss Senior Women will be informed of the exact date of the ruling a few weeks inadvance. As soon as this is known, the Senior Women and Greenpeace Switzerland willcommunicate again.
The issue
The Swiss Senior Women and the four individual applicants are taking their case to theECtHR because Switzerland is pursuing an inadequate climate policy and thus violating their
human rights.
All relevant documents relating to the Swiss climate case are available on the Swiss Seniors’website. In particular, we would like to draw your attention to the following documents:● The response of the Swiss Senior Women to Switzerland’s last-minute submission
with annex 1 – expert report on emissions budget, annex 2 – response of Climate
Analytics and annex 3 – response of Climate Action Tracker on 28 April 2023.
● Public hearing of 29 March 2023 before the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR:○ The oral statement○ Video recording of the public hearing○ Transcript of the public hearing● Submission by the Senior Women for Climate Protection to the Grand Chamber on 2December 2022 (English title: Observations on the facts, admissibility and the merits)● Submission by the Swiss Government to the Grand Chamber on 5 December 2022
(Statement in French (original) and English (unofficial translation) – and observations
on the facts in French (original) and English (unofficial translation)

●Submissions by the 23 third parties to the Grand Chamber●●Pictures and videos of the Senior Women for Climate Protection Switzerland
Press releases of the Senior Women for Climate Protection Switzerland

Accreditation for media representatives at the ECtHR
If you have any questions regarding participation in the delivery of the judgment, pleasecontact the ECtHR Press Service directly.
Contacts
Press office Greenpeace Switzerland, +41 44 447 41 11, pressestelle.ch@greenpeace.org
Cordelia Bähr, Lawyer of Senior Women for Climate Protection Switzerland:baehr@ettwein.ch, +41 78 801 70 34
Rosmarie Wydler-Wälti, co-president of Senior Women for Climate Protection Switzerland:rosmariewydler@sunrise.ch, +41 61 302 96 35 (for interviews in German)
Anne Mahrer, co-president of Senior Women for Climate Protection Switzerland:anne.mahrer@bluewin.ch, +41 79 249 72 17 (for interviews in French)
Elisabeth Stern, member of the board of Senior Women for Climate Protection Switzerland:elisabeth.stern@bluewin.ch, +41 79 351 22 00
Norma Bargetzi, member of the board of Senior Women for Climate Protection Switzerland:normaba@bluewin.ch, +41 79 352 98 89 (for interviews in Italian)Georg Klingler, Project Coordinator and Climate Campaigner Greenpeace Switzerland:
gklingle@greenpeace.org, +41 79 785 07 38