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

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

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

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 ...

As Australia’s courts rule yet again that climate is outside their jurisdiction, the ICJ made it a legal obligation for countries to act on the crisis.

This obligation arises from human rights, maritime and the customary international law, as well as the Paris Agreement and ...

ICJ advisory opinion on climate obligations reaffirms global South's perspective, raises questions on Paris Agreement ...

Pacific Conference of Churches secretary-geeneral says the landmark climate ruling from the world's top court is a ...

The International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, last Wednesday laid out the duty of states to limit harm from greenhouse gases and to regulate private industry ...

The general view is that the International Court of Justice at The Hague is an ineffective international institution because ...

Global accountability for climate harm: The ICJ ruled that all nations, regardless of their participation in climate treaties, have a legal duty under international law to prevent significant harm to ...