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The top United Nations court will on July 23 issue a nonbinding opinion on countries' legal obligation to fight climate ...
The International Court of Justice, the world's highest court, held hearings in mid-December 2024 on the legal obligations that governments have under international law to protect the environment ...
THE HAGUE - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced on Monday that it will deliver its advisory opinion on the ...
A South Pacific island nation on the frontlines of the climate crisis brought “the world's biggest problem to the world's ...
In a landmark climate decision, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights recognized that the right to a healthy climate is an ...
GENEVA - UN human rights experts* today welcomed the Inter-American Court of Human Rights' historic Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency and ...
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has urged states to regulate fossil fuel extraction and exploration, in a landmark ...
Advisory Opinion OC-32/25 issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights marks a legal milestone in the evolution of ...
Decision means that around 20 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean – including Argentina – must undertake legal ...
“The Government of the Republic of Vanuatu commends the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) on its groundbreaking advisory opinion on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights, issued today in ...
On 2 May 2025, the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) – in collaboration with the African Climate Platform, the Environmental Lawyers Collective for Africa, Natural Justice, and resilient40 – submitted ...
Europe’s top human rights court is set to rule Wednesday on Russia’s actions in the conflict in Ukraine, including human ...