The advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice is a legal milestone. Conceived by law students from small ...

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

The ICJ issued an opinion on climate change that stated the obligations of the Paris Agreement come with legal liability. A ...

In Lightiser v. Trump, 22 young people are using the protections of the Constitution to demand a livable future.

States promoting fossil fuels could be violating international law, and reparations are on the table, the International Court ...

What the Inter-American Court’s recent advisory opinion tells us about the past, present, and future of climate change policy ...

The Trump administration wants to reverse a 2009 EPA finding that greenhouse gases endanger people. The finding is the basis ...

Protection from climate change is a human right, and countries in violation of the now international law will be held ...

The International Court of Justice found that polluting countries are now legally obligated to address global warming.

A coalition of immigrants’ rights organizations participated today in a public hearing held by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) that examined widespread and escalating human ...

In a landmark decision, the International Court of Justice found that polluting countries are now legally obligated to ...