An International Court of Justice ruling that climate harm violates international law could shape reparations lawsuits as ...

Severe weather and natural disasters, are on the rise. This week, the top United Nations court ruled that countries are ...

Climate activists are having their day in court, if Wednesday’s International Court of Justice (ICJ)’s unanimous opinion is a ...

Israel says it is fighting against Hamas, not Palestinians as a group. But two of Israel’s best-known rights groups — long ...

Climate change is an existential problem of “planetary proportions” that affects all forms of life and the very health of the ...

The United Nations’ top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change. The International Court of Justice’s ...

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

The Yazidis also continue to face persistent security challenges, as they lack the necessary infrastructure and support to ...

Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States to protect the ...

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

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

Countries have very strong obligations under international law to cut climate pollution and prevent significant harm to the ...