The United Nations’ top court in a landmark advisory opinion says countries could be in violation of international law if ...

France's highest court is ruling on whether it can strip Bashar al-Assad, the former Syrian leader now in exile in Russia, of ...

The ruling was the result of years of efforts by activists and small island nations and initiated by Pacific Islands Students ...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a unanimous opinion on July 23, 2025, that climate change is "an existential ...

The International Court of Justice, the top United Nations court, decided Wednesday that countries would be violating ...

The opinion of the International Court of Justice is seen by some as a turning point in international climate law, with ...

Countries have very strong obligations under international law to cut climate pollution and prevent significant harm to the ...

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

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

International Rivers celebrates the historic advisory opinion delivered by the International Court of Justice on the ...

The ICJ called climate change an “urgent and existential threat” caused by human activity. Though nonbinding, its opinion may ...