Article 2 - Right to life

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Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland [GC], no. 53600/20

09/04/24

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

Alkhatib and Others v. Greece, no. 3566/16

16/01/24

Death of the applicant’s relative, who was travelling in a boat with a view to illegally entering Greece, as a result of several shots fired by the coast guard.
Judgment

V v. the Czech Republic, no. 26074/18

07/12/23

Respondent State’s failures due to a psychiatric hospital patient dying following his repeated tasing by the police and the administration of a tranquiliser by a nurse.
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