Why, lookee here, Jethro: another one of dem human rights!
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A HUMAN RIGHT TO BE COOL
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Switzerland is liable to its citizens for its alleged failure to do enough about “climate change”:
A group of 2,000 Swiss women have won a climate change case against Switzerland at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), in a ruling hailed as “monumental” by experts.
The court agreed with the KlimaSeniorinnen, or Senior Women for Climate Protection, that the Swiss government’s failures on tackling carbon emissions had breached the authorities’ duty to protect citizens from the “serious adverse effects” of a rapidly warming world.
The world is not warming rapidly. But what was the legal theory?
In the KlimaSeniorinnen case, the campaigners won under article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which the court found covers governments’ duty to protect individuals from the impacts of climate change.
This is Article 8 of the Convention:
ARTICLE 8
Right to respect for private and family life
1. Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence.
2. There shall be no interference by a public authority with the exercise of this right except such as is in accordance with the law and is necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security, public safety or the economic well-being of the country, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others.
John Hinderaker, Powerline: I must be missing something. In any event, notice how every agenda item of the Left eventually becomes a “human right.” This is one more chapter in the long-running suicide of the West.
But wait, there’s more! Right here in Connecticut:
Democrats Want To Add Environmental Rights To State Constitution
March 22, 2024:
HARTFORD, CT – Advocates and Democratic lawmakers voiced their support for a resolution Friday to add a “Green Amendment” to the state Constitution to enshrine environmental rights into law during a news conference at the Legislative Office Building.
… The resolution, Senate Joint Resolution 193, would amend the state’s Constitution to include the right of all people to a clean, safe and healthy environment, and set the State of Connecticut as trustee of its natural resources.
The amendment would hold environmental rights to the same standard as constitutional liberties, like free speech or freedom of religion.
“Each person shall have an individual right to clean and healthy air, water, soil, ecosystems and environment, and a safe and stable climate for the benefit of public health, safety, and the general welfare,” the bill states.
Sen. Mae Flexer, D-Killingly, and Rep. Matt Blumenthal, D-Stamford, [dear God, there’s another one?] the co-chairs of the Government Administration and Elections (GAE) Committee, spoke in support of the amendment.
Flexer described this bill as part of a nationwide movement to recognize the need to ensure environmental rights.
“Each and every day we are all feeling the impact of climate change,” Flexer said. “We are feeling the impact of decades of decisions where our rights concerning the environment were not put front and center. We are feeling the impact of decades of decisions that have caused our environment to be degraded, to be polluted, and for climate change to be in full force right now.”
