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The Legal Incompatibility of Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v Switzerland with the UK Constitutional Setting

Abstract Although the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) obliges UK courts to take into account European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) jurisprudence, the case Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v Switzerland (Verein) relies on unincorporated international treaties, and thus cannot be domestically implemented by UK courts. Even if this can be overcome, the separation of

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