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

The International Court of Justice’s ruling that countries have a legal duty to curb climate change was the result of a yearslong campaign that began with university students.

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 ...

The Court affirmed that a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is a human right, and that states have binding legal duties to mitigate climate harm under international law.

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

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

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 ...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the top United Nations court, decided Wednesday that countries would be violating international law if they fail to do their part to protect the planet from ...

The decisions give priority to children's right to a healthy environment, affecting the government’s coal-power plans ...

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