The top United Nations court will on July 23 issue a nonbinding opinion on countries' legal obligation to fight climate ...

The general assembly then asked the International Court of Justice to decide what legal obligations every government has to prevent climate change.

The international court of justice (ICJ) is considering similar questions to these in hearings ahead of issuing an advisory opinion on the obligations of states concerning climate change.

The case, before the fifteen-member International Court of Justice, is about climate change. Do countries have a legal as well as a moral obligation to prevent a planetary disaster?

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 ...

Advisory Opinion OC-32/25 issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights marks a legal milestone in the evolution of ...

THE HAGUE - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced on Monday that it will deliver its advisory opinion on the ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has urged states to regulate fossil fuel extraction and exploration, in a landmark ...

The issue of how the fight against climate change will be funded is expected to be high on the agenda Monday as the 49th ...

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 ...