The court, created as part of the United Nations in 1945, affirmed that countries must uphold existing international laws ...

Last week’s advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is a gamechanger in the long-running global ...

The International Court of Justice says governments are legally obliged “to achieve deep, rapid and sustained reductions” in ...

The court said all states have a legal obligation to prevent harms caused by climate change. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The ICJ ruling is blunt: the multilateral climate change and environmental agreements and treaties that countries–including ...

The ruling stems from the harm island nations are suffering as sea level rises, and it opens a door for future claims for ...

The court president judge Yuji Iwasawa said during last week’s ruling that countries’ failure to take appropriate action to ...

On July, 26, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down its long-awaited Advisory Opinion on the legal ...

In the court hearings, youth activists representing vulnerable communities from frontline states in the Pacific and the ...

A landmark opinion delivered by the United Nations' highest court last week that governments must protect the climate is ...

Climate change is an existential problem of “planetary proportions” that affects all forms of life and the very health of the ...

The ICJ has delivered a “milestone moment for climate justice.” But does it go far enough?