Judges with the U.N.’s top court say in a landmark climate decision that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a ...

Severe weather and natural disasters, are on the rise. This week, the top United Nations court ruled that countries are ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The United Nations’ top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change, its 15-black ...

The top court of the United Nations on Wednesday declared that countries have an obligation to combat climate change — and ...

The United Nations‘s top court issued a nonbinding declaration Wednesday that countries are obligated to take action against ...

On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) gave an advisory opinion on the obligation of states to protect the ...

In the court hearings, youth activists representing vulnerable communities from frontline states in the Pacific and the ...

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

An International Court of Justice ruling that climate harm violates international law could shape reparations lawsuits as ...

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

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 ...