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Nina Victoria Boss

Nina Victoria Boss is Junior Research Assistant at the Chair of Public Law, Environmental Law, and Energy Law at the University of Zurich.

POSTS BY Nina Victoria Boss

16 May 2022

Climate Change Litigation Before the ECtHR

Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland is the first case of climate change litigation before the ECtHR where all domestic remedies have been exhausted. The Chamber to which the case had been allocated relinquished jurisdiction in favour of the Grand Chamber. This reinforces the potential of the case to become a landmark ruling determining the Court’s approach to climate change.