The announcements reflect deep frustrations with Israel’s conduct in Gaza and in the occupied West Bank, experts say.

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

The nonbinding opinion, which runs to over 500 pages, was hailed as a turning point in international climate law.

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

On July, 26, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down its long-awaited Advisory Opinion on the legal obligations of States in relation to climate change.

The world's wealthiest nations have a legal obligation to reduce heat-trapping pollution and will have to pay up if they do ...

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

On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) gave an advisory opinion on the obligation of states to protect the ...

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

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

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

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