A pair of leading Israeli human rights groups has accused Israel of “committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza,” ...

The two groups said they found deliberate intent by Israeli decision-makers to target the whole population of Gaza and ...

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

People on both sides of the border share a cultural heritage much older than modern nation-states, dating back to the ancient ...

The International Court of Justice ruling that climate harm violates international law is expected to shape current — and ...

An advisory opinion on responsibility for emissions means that Canada could be on the hook for major climate-change-related ...

In the largest case in its history, the International Court of Justice last week ruled, in a non-binding opinion, that ...

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

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

The court's decision could result in legal action against countries that fail to honour their climate commitments In a ...

The advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice is a legal milestone. Conceived by law students from small islands, it gathered wider support and makes a very strong legal case for ...

The students set their sights on the Pacific Islands Forum, the region's pre-eminent political group, which that year was ...