The International Court of Justice, the world's highest court, held hearings in mid-December 2024 on the legal obligations that governments have under international law to protect the environment ...

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

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has urged states to regulate fossil fuel extraction and exploration, in a landmark ...

As James Hansen, the former head of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, put it in his testimony in The Hague, “Climate change must be brought to the International Court of Justice ...

The international court of justice (ICJ) is considering similar questions to these in hearings ahead of issuing an advisory opinion on the obligations of states concerning climate change.Over the ...

A South Pacific island nation on the frontlines of the climate crisis brought “the world's biggest problem to the world's ...

Decision means that around 20 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean – including Argentina – must undertake legal ...

Volker Turk urges states to act on court's opinion affirming right to stable climate, duty to protect future generations - ...

“The Government of the Republic of Vanuatu commends the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) on its groundbreaking advisory opinion on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights, issued today in ...

Latin America's top human rights court has issued a groundbreaking advisory opinion linking states’ human rights obligations ...

On 2 May 2025, the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) – in collaboration with the African Climate Platform, the Environmental Lawyers Collective for Africa, Natural Justice, and resilient40 – submitted ...