The U.N.'s top court was due to set out a non-binding legal opinion on the extent of legal and financial responsibility ...

Brazil is finalizing its submission to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel's actions in Gaza at the ...

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

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 ...

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

The International Court of Justice will issue an advisory opinion on what legal obligations nations have to address climate ...

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

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

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.

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

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 ...

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