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

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 ...

“We have not created the issue. We are the victims of the issue. However, we are not going to act like victims. We are going ...

Omotola Osude, a Nigerian legal scholar and climate justice advocate, is raising an alarm that is being heard far beyond her ...

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

It underlined that "the right to a healthy environment" is included among the rights protected by the American Convention on ...

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 ...

An advisory opinion from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights also concluded that governments have special obligations to ...

Decision means that around 20 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean – including Argentina – must undertake legal ...