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

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

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

Severe weather and natural disasters, are on the rise. This week, the top United Nations court ruled that countries are ...

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

The U.N. General Assembly asked the International Court of Justice in 2023 for an advisory opinion, a non-binding but ...

On July, 26, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down its long-awaited Advisory Opinion on the legal ...

Amid geopolitical turmoil, the top court reaffirmed states’ legal duty to cut emissions. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

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

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

The International Court of Justice, the top United Nations court, on Wednesday called climate change an "urgent and ...

In a landmark, unanimous advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice found that a state's violation of its legal ...