The unanimous decision clarifies governments’ obligations and provides a precedent for African human rights-based cases.

The ICJ has declared climate inaction a potential breach of international law—paving the way for global claims and legal ...

Sovereign states are not only responsible for tackling fossil fuel damage, they have to make redress, according to a recent ...

The court, created as part of the United Nations in 1945, affirmed that countries must uphold existing international laws ...

The Court’s advisory opinion affirms that inadequate action on climate change may violate international law. Its findings could shape the contours of debate at COP30.

A profound thread runs through the judgment and the separate opinion of one of the judges: that biodiversity is not merely a ...

As Australia’s courts rule yet again that climate is outside their jurisdiction, the ICJ made it a legal obligation for ...

In July, the International Court of Justice issued a landmark advisory opinion declaring that all countries have a legal ...

The International Court of Justice has handed down its unanimous opinion on climate change. It affirms what so many of us ...

The International Court of Justice says countries may break international law by not protecting the climate. The court opened the door for reparations to affected countries. The UN general assembly ...

ANALYSIS: Legal experts tell Stuti Mishra a long-awaited International Court of Justice ruling provides ‘a clear blueprint to hold major emitters accountable’ ...

One of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the fallout from climate change has won a landmark legal battle, giving countries new ammunition to pursue some of the planet’s biggest emitters.