The ICJ recalls that, under international law, security forces must respect the principles of necessity and proportionality and that the use of lethal force is only permissible when strictly necessary to protect life.
Ahead of the upcoming General Affairs Council meeting on 25 June, the ICJ and other organizations call on EU Ministers in a joint letter to take the Article 7.1 TEU procedure against Hungary forward and issue recommendations.
The ICJ is concerned by the declaratory and non-binding decision of the National Council, the Swiss Parliament’s lower chamber, on 12 June 2024, inviting the Federal Council, the Swiss Government, effectively to ignore the landmark ruling of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case of Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland.
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