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The Strasbourg Court rules that climate inaction goes against human rights
The Strasbourg Court issued a historic ruling on Tuesday in favor of one of the three demands raised for the insufficient action of the States to limit climate change and pointed out that Switzerland had violated the human rights of a group of elderly women.
However, the judges overturned the media lawsuit that six young Portuguese had raised against Portugal, but also against 31 other European countries that they intended to condemn for insufficient policies to mitigate climate change.
The judges dismissed their allegations without examining the merits of the case in the first place because the six plaintiffs skipped a fundamental rule of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), which is that the internal remedies of the country they denounce must be exhausted before taking a case to Strasbourg.
The young people had argued that climate urgency exempted them from that basic legal rule, but the ECHR did not accept that thesis.
In addition, European judges also pointed out that, to denounce other States beyond Portugal and apply a supposed principle of extraterritoriality because their action or inaction may have effects for them, there are other international legal instruments and the ECHR is the competent body to do so.
They also pointed out that a certain policy cannot be dictated to States about what they would have to do because of the effects that will have for people outside their territory or outside their authority and control.
But beyond this case, which by the form of its approach already raised many doubts about the possibility of it going ahead, the movement against climate change received a note of hope from the Strasbourg Court, with a ruling condemning Switzerland in a lawsuit raised by elderly women from that country.
The president of the ECHR, Síofra O’Leary, pointed out that Switzerland had violated the rights of those women, gathered in the Verein KlimaSeniorinnen association, because “criticism gaps” have been found in Swiss policies against climate change.
Specifically, European judges estimated that Switzerland failed to comply with its obligations to the rights of these elderly women (more than half are over 75 years old) to prevent them from suffering the effects of global warming.
They illustrated it by pointing out that there have been shortcomings in Swiss policy to quantify, by setting a price for carbon or otherwise, the limitation of its greenhouse emissions.
In the same vein, Switzerland did not respect in the past the objectives it had set itself to reduce those emissions.
International
Claudia Sheinbaum: Operation Against ‘El Mencho’ Was Based on Pending Arrest Warrants
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday rejected claims that the military operation that resulted in the death of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), was carried out under pressure from the United States government.
Sheinbaum explained that the deployment of federal forces was aimed at executing outstanding arrest warrants against Oseguera Cervantes, who was considered one of the most wanted criminals in both Mexico and the United States.
“That was not the objective (to ease pressure from the United States). It is very important, and I want to repeat it. This individual had an arrest warrant, or several,” Sheinbaum said, referring to the operation conducted on February 22.
According to the president, the initial goal was to capture Oseguera Cervantes, but military forces responded after coming under attack during the intervention.
“The operation was to detain him. The problem is that they were attacked — the Secretariat of National Defense — and they responded at that moment,” she said.
The president insisted that the action was not carried out in response to external demands, although she acknowledged intelligence cooperation with the United States.
“It was not done in any way because of pressure from the United States, not at all. Of course, there was intelligence information from the United States that was used specifically,” she concluded.
International
Spain Denies Any Agreement to Cooperate with U.S. Military in Iran Operations
Spain’s Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares on Wednesday firmly denied that Madrid has agreed to cooperate with the U.S. military in operations against Iran, contradicting statements made minutes earlier by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
“I categorically deny it,” Albares said in a radio interview cited by EFE. “The position of the Spanish government regarding the war in the Middle East, the bombings in Iran, and the use of our bases has not changed by a single comma.”
Earlier in the day, Leavitt told reporters that Spain had “agreed to cooperate with the United States military in recent hours,” following President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a trade embargo on Madrid. Trump had warned of economic measures after Spain reportedly refused to allow the Pentagon to use facilities at Spanish bases for operations related to Iran.
“I have no idea what that could be referring to or where it could be coming from,” Albares said, insisting that Spain’s position “has not changed at all” and therefore “remains absolutely unchanged.” He added that he had “no desire” and “almost no time” to speculate about the White House spokesperson’s remarks.
Albares reiterated Spain’s “No to war” stance, which he said had been clearly and forcefully expressed by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in an institutional address. According to the foreign minister, that position has been supported by “many European colleagues.”
International
White House Says Spain Agrees to Cooperate with U.S. Military After Trump Threatens Trade Embargo
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that Spain has agreed “in recent hours” to cooperate with the U.S. military, following President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a trade embargo on Madrid.
Trump had warned of potential commercial measures after Spain reportedly refused to allow the Pentagon to use facilities at Spanish military bases for operations related to Iran.
“With respect to Spain, I think you heard the president’s message yesterday loud and clear, and I understand that in recent hours they have agreed to cooperate with the United States military,” Leavitt said during a press briefing.
She added that the U.S. military is currently coordinating with its counterparts in Spain. However, the president expects broader support.
“The president expects that all of Europe, all of our European allies, of course, will cooperate in this important mission — not only for the United States, but also for Europe,” Leavitt said.
Her remarks came in response to questions about Spain’s position and its role as a U.S. ally amid rising tensions surrounding operations involving Iran.
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