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

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 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 (IACHR) published its opinion on Thursday that all countries in the Americas have legal obligations under human rights law to confront the climate crisis.

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday praised the recent advisory opinion on the climate crisis from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) as a ...

The ECHR is an important part of the Council of Europe, which is the continent’s foremost human rights institution. Russia was expelled from the council over Moscow’s invasion and war in Ukraine.

Europe’s top human rights court is set to rule Wednesday on Russia’s actions in the conflict in Ukraine, including human ...

THE bombing of the Rainbow Warrior on 10 July, 1985, with the death of Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira, was a ...

By Mongabay.com Citizens from around the world are increasingly holding governments and businesses accountable for their ...

The ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights could shape climate policies and bolster climate pollution lawsuits ...