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 ...

Last week, 15 judges from the International Court of Justice at the Vredespaleis in the Hague, at the request of the UN General Assembly, pronounced solemnly on climate change. Every state, they ...

Climate change is an existential problem of “planetary proportions” that affects all forms of life and the very health of the ...

In the largest case in its history, the International Court of Justice last week ruled, in a non-binding opinion, that ...

The ICJ concluded that states have explicit legal duties to safeguard the climate system against anthropogenic greenhouse gas ...

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 ...

Paoli's research helped inform the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on state obligations in respect of ...

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

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

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

The ICJ concluded that states have explicit legal duties to safeguard the climate system against anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.