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

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.
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Moldovan v. Ukraine, no. 62020/14

14/03/24

Rejection of the applicant’s civil action for judicial recognition of a deceased person as his father.
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Vagdalt v. Hungary, no. 9525/19

07/03/24

Inability to contest the declaration of paternity in respect of a biological child and to establish own paternity.
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