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

The International Court of Justice, the world’s highest court, handed down an advisory opinion on 23 July 2025 stating that climate change “imperils all forms of life”. This followed a case brought by ...

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

Judges with the U.N.’s top court say in a landmark climate decision that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a ...

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

Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States to protect the ...

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

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

Last week’s advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is a gamechanger in the long-running global ...

The advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice is a legal milestone. Conceived by law students from small ...

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

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