On July 23, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down an advisory opinion (AO) on the obligation of states ...

Opinion: Seton Hall Law School's Paul Rink says a recent opinion from the International Court of Justice should alert the ...

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The United Nations’ top court in a landmark advisory opinion says countries could be in violation of international law if they fail to take measures to protect the planet from climate change, and ...

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

In a historic advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice ruled that access to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is a fundamental human right.

Great powers have always resisted rules that might cramp their battle plans. Even after the second world war, with memories ...

In a landmark, unanimous advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice found that a state's violation of its legal ...

The International Court of Justice ruling that climate harm violates international law is expected to shape current — and ...

The ruling was the result of years of efforts by activists and small island nations and initiated by Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change, a group of young Pacific Islanders facing the ...

Severe weather and natural disasters, are on the rise. This week, the top United Nations court ruled that countries are obligated to limit climate change under international law, in response. Cheryl ...

The ICJ ruling is blunt: the multilateral climate change and environmental agreements and treaties that countries–including ...