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 ...

In a landmark climate decision, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights recognized that the right to a healthy climate is an ...

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.Over the ...

As James Hansen, the former head of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, put it in his testimony in The Hague, “Climate change must be brought to the International Court of Justice ...

Dec. 2 (UPI) --Officials from almost 100 countries are at the International Court of Justice in the Netherlands, asking the court to issue an opinion on the responsibility of certain nations to ...

A South Pacific island nation on the frontlines of the climate crisis brought “the world's biggest problem to the world's ...

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

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 ...

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 International Court of Justice is hearing testimony from climate crisis-affected nations and will issue the first ever legal advice on governments’ legal obligations to prevent climate change.