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Brazilian banks scramble to understand scope of US sanctions on Supreme Court justice
Brazilian banks are scrambling to assess the domestic fallout from sweeping U.S. sanctions against a Supreme Court justice ...
Historic climate change ruling from the International Court of Justice: what it means for Africa
The International Court of Justice, the world’s highest court, handed down an advisory opinion on 23 July 2025 stating that climate change “imperils all forms of life”. This followed a case brought by ...
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Countries have a legal obligation to tackle climate change, International Court of Justice rules
The court president judge Yuji Iwasawa said during last week’s ruling that countries’ failure to take appropriate action to ...
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The panel of the International Court of Justice
On July, 26, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down its long-awaited Advisory Opinion on the legal ...
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World’s top court opens door to lawsuits over inadequate climate finance
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has advised that the level of climate finance given to developing countries must be compatible with limiting global warming to 1.5C ...
The international court has fired the starting gun on climate accountability
Last week’s advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is a gamechanger in the long-running global ...
International Court of Justice lays the groundwork for climate 'reparations'
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’s statement on fossil fuels puts Carney in a tough spot
An advisory opinion on responsibility for emissions means that Canada could be on the hook for major climate-change-related ...