The ICJ ruling is blunt: the multilateral climate change and environmental agreements and treaties that countries–including ...

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

The U.K. government has proscribed the network as a terrorist group, a decision fiercely contested by the group itself.

It marks the first time the International Court of Justice, the UN’s top court based in the Hague, has considered the climate ...

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

Activists demonstrate outside the International Court of Justice ahead of an advisory opinion on what legal obligations nations have to address climate change and what consequences they may face ...

Israel must defend itself against accusations of genocide before the International Court of Justice. The ICJ has unique status across the world, but its rulings can be difficult to enforce.

After years of lobbying by vulnerable island nations who fear they could disappear under rising sea waters, the U.N. General Assembly asked the International Court of Justice in 2023 for an ...

The International Court of Justice is delivering an advisory opinion Wednesday about nations’ obligations to tackle climate change and consequences they may face if they don’t.