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==== Including environmental rights ==== In 2021 the [[United Nations Human Rights Council]] officially recognized "having a clean, healthy and sustainable environment" as a human right.<ref>{{cite web |title=Access to a healthy environment, declared a human right by UN rights council |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/10/1102582 |website=United Nations |date=8 October 2021 |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref> In April 2024, the [[European Court of Human Rights]] ruled, for the first time in history, that the Swiss government had violated human rights by not acting strongly enough to stop climate change.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sharp |first1=Alexandra |title=Swiss Women Win Landmark Climate Victory |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/09/switzerland-human-rights-climate-change-case-court-ruling-women/ |website=Foreign Policy |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref>
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