The United Nations’ top court in a landmark advisory opinion says countries could be in violation of international law if ...

International law knows of no graver crime than genocide. The 1948 convention, which Israel was among the first nations to join, defines genocide as the perpetration of any of several heinous ...

In a landmark, unanimous advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice found that a state's violation of its legal ...

The United Nations' International Court of Justice issued a striking opinion this week that opened the door for countries to ...

The ruling was the result of years of efforts by activists and small island nations and initiated by Pacific Islands Students ...

The International Court of Justice’s ruling that countries have a legal duty to curb climate change was the result of a ...

Israel says it is fighting against Hamas, not Palestinians as a group. But two of Israel’s best-known rights groups — long ...

The International Court of Justice, the top United Nations court, decided Wednesday that countries would be violating ...

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

An International Court of Justice ruling that climate harm violates international law could shape reparations lawsuits as ...

Climate activists are having their day in court, if Wednesday’s International Court of Justice (ICJ)’s unanimous opinion is a bellwether. The Hague court declaration that governments were legally ...

Severe weather and natural disasters, are on the rise. This week, the top United Nations court ruled that countries are ...