The United Nations’ top court in a landmark advisory opinion says countries could be in violation of international law if ...

France's highest court is ruling on whether it can strip Bashar al-Assad, the former Syrian leader now in exile in Russia, of ...

BRUSSELS — France’s highest court is ruling Friday on whether it can strip the head of state immunity of Bashar Assad, the ...

A panel of judges at the International Criminal Court reported Hungary to the court’s oversight organization for failing to ...

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

The ruling was the result of years of efforts by activists and small island nations and initiated by Pacific Islands Students ...

The opinion of the International Court of Justice is seen by some as a turning point in international climate law, with ...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a unanimous opinion on July 23, 2025, that climate change is "an existential ...

In a landmark, unanimous advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice found that a state's violation of its legal ...

Countries have very strong obligations under international law to cut climate pollution and prevent significant harm to the ...

The ICJ called climate change an “urgent and existential threat” caused by human activity. Though nonbinding, its opinion may ...