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

Judges with the U.N.’s top court say in a landmark climate decision that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a ...

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

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

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

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

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

The opinion of the International Court of Justice is seen by some as a turning point in international climate law, with ...

The Philippine Misereor Partnership, Inc. (PMPI) affirms the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) historic advisory opinion ...

Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States to protect the ...