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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

An advisory opinion from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights also concluded that governments have special obligations to ...

“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 ...

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 ...

In December 2024, the International Court of Justice agreed for the first time to provide an advisory opinion on what states are obliged to do to fight climate change and set out the legal ...

A recently unveiled memo from the Department of Justice indicates Donald Trump’s administration plans to “maximally pursue” ...

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