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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

The ICJ concluded that states have explicit legal duties to safeguard the climate system against anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.

The legal clarity on countries’ climate obligations stemming from last week’s advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) can change how Pacific Island nations engage with other ...

The International Court of Justice has ruled that any country that fails to tackle greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuels ...

# On  July 23, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered an advisory opinion at the request of the UN General Assembly - driven by small island states such as Antigua and Barbuda, Vanuatu, ...