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

The ruling stems from the harm island nations are suffering as sea level rises, and it opens a door for future claims for ...

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

The Court’s advisory opinion affirms that inadequate action on climate change may violate international law. Its findings could shape the contours of debate at COP30.

Nations must protect current and future generations from environmental harm, says the International Court of Justice.

The opinion by the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, was immediately welcomed by environmental ...

Countries have wide-ranging obligations to adequately tackle climate change, the International Court of Justice has found.

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 recognised clear obligations of states to avoid impacts of greenhouse gas emissions to the ...

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 ...

Nations must protect current and future generations from environmental harm, says the International Court of Justice.

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.