Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life
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Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland [GC], no. 53600/20
Lack of sufficient action to mitigate effects of climate change – complaints brought by a Swiss association of older women concerned about the consequences of global warming on their living conditions and health, as well as four individual women.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Moldovan v. Ukraine, no. 62020/14
Rejection of the applicant’s civil action for judicial recognition of a deceased person as his father.
Judgment
Vagdalt v. Hungary, no. 9525/19
Inability to contest the declaration of paternity in respect of a biological child and to establish own paternity.
Judgment
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- Detention of migrant children (Immigration)
- Health and immigration (Immigration)
- Protection of the judiciary (Article 6 Civil)
- Surveillance measures (Terrorism)
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- Right to respect for private and family life (no. CDH(67)5)
- Right to respect for private and family life (no. DH(56)12)
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