In July, the International Court of Justice issued a landmark advisory opinion declaring that all countries have a legal ...

It marks the first time the International Court of Justice, the UN’s top court based in the Hague, has considered the climate ...

After the April win for Israel at the ICC, it did not need to be this way. Israel always had an uphill battle to fight back ...

A landmark opinion delivered by the United Nations' highest court last week that governments must protect the climate is ...

Environment / After a “landmark” ruling from the International Court of Justice, journalists can expect more lawsuits against ...

Judges are seated as the International Court of Justice opens a hearing to deliver an advisory opinion on what legal obligations nations have to address climate change and what consequences they ...

The Permanent Court of International Justice, created in 1920, was at hand for their rebuilding. Its Statute had been ratified by 51 states, and almost all the states of the world (all save Nepal, ...

Judges at the World Court on Thursday ordered Syria to take steps to prevent torture as part of emergency measures in a case against Damascus brought before the top U.N. tribunal by the ...