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

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

Last week’s advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is a gamechanger in the long-running global ...

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

The opinion by the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, was immediately welcomed by environmental ...

The ruling stems from the harm island nations are suffering as sea level rises, and it opens a door for future claims for ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The United Nations’ top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change, its 15-black ...

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

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

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

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