TIME magazine selects Swiss lawyer as one of the 100 most influential people
"Time" selects Cordelia Bähr as one of the 100 most influential people
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Cordelia Bähr is the only Swiss woman to make it onto the American magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of 2025. She helped the Climate Seniors to victory in court.
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“Time” wählt Cordelia Bähr unter die 100 einflussreichsten Menschen
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“I feel deeply honoured. I have fought for the success of the climate seniors for nine years – with every fibre of my heart. The judgement of the ECHR has made history,” Bähr was quoted as saying in a Greenpeace press release. Bähr is listed in the “Pioneers” category in the list of notables.
“We are delighted that our lawyer’s achievement has been recognised. The Climate Seniors could not have wished for a better lawyer,” said Rosmarie Wydler-Wälti, co-President of the Climate Seniors, in the press release.
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Landmark ruling: Switzerland’s climate policy violates human rights
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The European Court of Human Rights says the Swiss authorities are responsible for not implementing efficient climate change policies and for violating the right to life of a group of elderly women.
The background to this is a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg in April 2024 on a complaint filed by the Climate Seniors activist group. It ruled there was a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), as the court held that the state had an obligation to protect its citizens from the consequences of climate change.
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