The top United Nations court will on July 23 issue a nonbinding opinion on countries' legal obligation to fight climate ...

Vanuatu and allies have led the initiative to obtain this Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Vanuatu government officials will be in the Hague for the readout of the Court ...

A round-up of news from around the region, including a long-anticipated decision from the International Court of Justice on ...

In 2023, the U.N. General Assembly voted to ask the International Court of Justice for an advisory opinion on the legal obligations countries have to combat climate change and what they must do to ...

We went as lawyers - from Blue Ocean Law, the firm that represented Vanuatu in the historic advisory opinion proceedings on climate change before the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

“We have not created the issue. We are the victims of the issue. However, we are not going to act like victims. We are going ...

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

THE HAGUE - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced on Monday that it will deliver its advisory opinion on the ...

The ruling has been hailed by UN human rights experts as a transformative step in advancing climate justice and environmental protection through the lens of international human rights law.

At its core, this case asks the court to clarify how existing principles of international law apply to the greatest existential threat humanity has ever faced: climate change. Specifically, the ...