The court, created as part of the United Nations in 1945, affirmed that countries must uphold existing international laws related to climate change and, if they fail to act, could be held responsible ...

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

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 says governments are legally obliged “to achieve deep, rapid and sustained reductions” in ...

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

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

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

In a historic advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice ruled that access to a clean, healthy, and sustainable ...

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

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