Greta Thunberg and 15 others file complaint against 5 countries over climate crisis

September 28, 2019 11:42

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and 15 other children filed a complaint with the United Nations alleging that five of the world's major economies have violated their human rights by not taking adequate action to stop the unfolding climate crisis.

The complaint was filed a short time after Thunberg delivered an impassioned rebuke to world leaders at the UN Climate Action Summit.

"You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words and yet, I'm one of the lucky ones," Thunberg said on Monday. "People are suffering, people are dying."

The petition names five countries -- Germany, France, Brazil, Argentina and Turkey -- which they say have failed to uphold their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, a 30-year-old human rights treaty which is the most widely ratified in history.

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