Analysis - The unanimous decision clarifies governments' obligations and provides a precedent for African human rights-based cases.

The ICJ's advisory opinion of July 23, 2025, is a pivotal moment for climate law, positioning South Africa as a leader in ...

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This milestone reaffirms what the Pacific has always known: that our voices, cultures and futures matter! That international ...

Recently, the highest court of the UN issued a landmark “advisory opinion” that nations can be held liable for their ...

Deepa Pullanikkatil (outgoing Commonwealth Climate Finance Adviser to Fiji), Sarthak Roy (Assistant Research Officer, ...

The writer argues that from a feminist lens, the ICJ's landmark advisory opinion remains overly abstract and state-centric, ...

Since Spain’s withdrawal in 1975, Western Sahara has been entangled in a territorial dispute involving an Algeria-backed ...

Sovereign states are not only responsible for tackling fossil fuel damage, they have to make redress, according to a recent ...

The ICJ has declared climate inaction a potential breach of international law—paving the way for global claims and legal ...

In July, the International Court of Justice issued a landmark advisory opinion declaring that all countries have a legal ...