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 ...

ANALYSIS: Legal experts tell Stuti Mishra a long-awaited International Court of Justice ruling provides ‘a clear blueprint to ...

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

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

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 ...

The United Nations' International Court of Justice issued a striking opinion this week that opened the door for countries to ...

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

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, ...

It has been called historic, groundbreaking and pivotal, but the opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the climate obligations of states came with a sombre warning.