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A group of Swiss women plaintiffs is demanding that the government implement a climate judgment in their favour by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The women from the group Klimaseniorinnen (the Association of Climate Seniors) threatened on Wednesday to report the Swiss government to the Council of Europe if it failed to act on the decision The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe is tasked with monitoring the implementation of such judgements The Court in Strasbourg ruled in favour of the plaintiffs at the beginning of April, stating that states can be prosecuted for hum…

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