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  • Prof. Dr. Birgit Peters

Collective Action in Human Rights Climate Claims before the European Court of Human Rights after KlimaSeniorinnen: Fliegenschnee and Others v. Austria

April 14, 2026

By Prof. Dr. Birgit Peters Introduction The Fliegenschnee and Others v. Austria case is not the only inadmissibility decision in climate matters following the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR, or the Court) landmark ruling in Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland. The number of inadmissible cases is growing. Just consider recent examples such […]