The International Court of Justice held two weeks of hearings to determine if countries should pay reparations for the ...

The International Court of Justice has concluded historic hearings with over 100 nations seeking legal clarity on states’ ...

Thanks to the maneuverings of the tiny nation of Vanuatu, the entire industrialized world is effectively on trial in The ...

A lawyer for a small South Pacific island nation told the world’s highest court to heed her warning. “Tuvalu will not go ...

Two weeks of historic and closely watched hearings on the threat of climate change have wrapped up at the U.N.'s top court.

Julian Aguon wore a dark blue suit and garland made of white coconut fronds, brown hibiscus tree bark, and brown cowry shells ...

The International Court of Justice is considering what legal obligations countries have to protect the climate.

The International Court of Justice, the world's highest court, held hearings in mid-December 2024 on the legal obligations ...

Saying they are devastated by an environmental crisis they haven't caused, small nations hope an opinion from the International Court of Justice will force the global community to act.

United Nations-sponsored negotiations to tackle climate change, plastic pollution, loss of global species and a growing ...

The push for the International Court of Justice to hear this case comes — like much of ... Fiji’s ambassador to the United Nations, said. The South Pacific island nation spoke directly after the ...

By Karen Zraick A representative of the United States took the podium on Wednesday at a landmark hearing before the International Court of Justice and ... existing United Nations system to address ...