The Hague Court of Appeal found in the case Millieudefensie vs. Shell that the Shell Group has an obligation to ...

Judges in The Hague are weighing what, exactly, international law requires countries to do about global warming.

What legal obligations do states have to fight climate change? Should high-emitting countries be held responsible for the ...

Vulnerable nations say historic polluters should be held legally responsible. Countries in the Global North believe existing ...

Amnesty International on Wednesday said that it had gathered “sufficient evidence to believe” that Israel’s conduct during ...

The United States argued that its pollution is not subject to international law at a hearing in The Hague. The United States ...

Amnesty International accused the state of Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza war in a report ...

The ICJ heard Fiji lay out its arguments on the threat posed by climate change and the legal obligations, especially those of ...

Vanuatu’s climate case at the International Court of Justice poses a real challenge to Australia’s standing in the region.

The time has come to acknowledge that Sheikh Hasina, the ousted former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, will not face trial in ...

It was only in the late 1980s that states became aware of the causes and risks associated with climate change,” a legal ...

The island nation of Vanuatu criticized representatives for major emitters like the U.S. and China for their remarks during ...