The court, created as part of the United Nations in 1945, affirmed that countries must uphold existing international laws related to climate change and, if they fail to act, could be held responsible ...

The court president judge Yuji Iwasawa said during last week’s ruling that countries’ failure to take appropriate action to ...

On July, 26, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down its long-awaited Advisory Opinion on the legal ...

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 ...

The United Nations’ top court in a landmark advisory opinion says countries could be in violation of international law if ...

The International Court of Justice, the top United Nations court, decided Wednesday that countries would be violating ...

The Philippine Misereor Partnership, Inc. (PMPI) affirms the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) historic advisory opinion ...

Last week’s advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is a gamechanger in the long-running global ...

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

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