In a landmark advisory opinion on July 23, the International Court of Justice said all countries have significant legal ...

The International Court of Justice said that climate change threatens all life and may violate human rights. It also said ...

In the Great Hall of the Peace Palace in The Hague, fifteen judges of the International Court of Justice spoke in rare and unanimous clarity when they declared, at last, that a clean, healthy, and ...

States promoting fossil fuels could be violating international law, and reparations are on the table, the International Court ...

By saying that all countries were firmly bound to a swathe of legal obligations, experts say the ruling will influence ...

The young activist who has pushed for six years for international law to clarify the duty of larger nations to protect smaller ones from climate change sees new hope in this week’s UN ruling.

The world’s top court has made it easier for governments to be held legally accountable for failing to tackle the climate crisis – in an a move that experts say will have profound implications for ...

Judges at the UN’s highest court are set to issue a decision Wednesday that could set a legal benchmark for action on the ...