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Last week’s advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is a gamechanger in the long-running global ...
The opinion by the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, was immediately welcomed by environmental ...
ICJ declares states must act on emissions or face legal consequences, framing climate change as a global rights and justice ...
The International Court of Justice , the world's highest court, handed down an advisory opinion on 23 July 2025 stating that ...
The ruling was the result of years of efforts by activists and small island nations and initiated by Pacific Islands Students ...
As Australia’s courts rule yet again that climate is outside their jurisdiction, the ICJ made it a legal obligation for countries to act on the crisis.
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 ...
Countries have wide-ranging obligations to adequately tackle climate change, the International Court of Justice has found. Those who don’t could be legally liable.
Philippine civil organizations on Thursday welcomed the landmark advisory opinion that the International Court of Justice ...
On July 23, 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered a landmark Advisory Opinion on States’ climate change ...
The United Nations’ judicial organ paved the way for states to be held accountable for fossil fuel emissions and the ...