In a landmark advisory opinion on July 23, the International Court of Justice said all countries have significant legal ...

The International Court of Justice says governments are legally obliged “to achieve deep, rapid and sustained reductions” in ...

Republicans and any Democrats who vote for this should forever keep Mandela’s name out of their mouths,” Tlaib said.

According to the ICJ, it is the responsibility of the states to protect the earth’s climate systems and environment from ...

The U.N.'s top court issued a non-binding legal opinion on the extent of legal and financial responsibility countries have ...

In a landmark ruling, the International Court of Justice declared that failure to act on climate change can be an ...

Last week's decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), reframing climate action as a legal obligation, means the EU's push to water down climate policies may breach both EU and ...

Legal jurisdictions can no longer wring their hands in anguish and complain that they do not have enough authority or precedence to rule on matters relating to climate change.

With the world’s top court declaring that countries have binding legal obligations to protect the climate, climate justice is no longer just a moral demand— it is now a matter of international law ...

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

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 ...

This calls for both introspection and retrospection at personal, communal and government levels. This should pave the way for ...