The International Court of Justice says governments are legally obliged “to achieve deep, rapid and sustained reductions” in ...

The court, created as part of the United Nations in 1945, affirmed that countries must uphold existing international laws ...

On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) gave an advisory opinion on the obligation of states to protect the climate system and the environment from manmade emissions of greenhouse ...

Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States to protect the ...

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

The International Court of Justice issued a landmark advisory opinion in July 2025 declaring that all countries have a legal ...

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

Severe weather and natural disasters, are on the rise. This week, the top United Nations court ruled that countries are ...

Judges with the U.N.’s top court say in a landmark climate decision that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a ...

The top court of the United Nations on Wednesday declared that countries have an obligation to combat climate change — and ...

The ICJ unanimously agreed that states are obligated to mitigate climate change. The Trump administration has rejected the authority of international courts.