By Paul Homewood
NZW’s take on that ECHR decision:
Judicial activism threat to rule of law
Campaign group Net Zero Watch has condemned yesterday’s ruling by the European Court of Human Rights [1], and says that climate catastrophism now represents a clear and present threat to the rule of law and to democracy. The court ruled yesterday that the Convention right to a private family life meant that Switzerland’s government had to change its climate policies, despite a 2021 referendum specifically rejecting the idea.
In an article published on the campaigning organisation’s website, its director Andrew Montford has pointed to the astonishingly broad interpretation of the legislation, and noted its alarming parallel with what was seen in 1930s Germany.
The judicial activism of the European Court looks very much like the judicial activism under National Socialism. The judges have abandoned the text of the convention in favour of “interpretation”. We face a real threat to the rule of law