STORY: Countries must address the "urgent and existential threat" of climate change. That was the strongly worded opinion issued by the United Nations' highest court on Wednesday, which could ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an attorney who writes about ESG policy, laws, and regulations. For the first two weeks in December, the International Court ...
THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Vanuatu on Monday urged the top United Nations court to recognise the harm caused by climate change in its judgment on the legal obligation of countries to fight it and address ...
The International Court of Justice issued a landmark advisory opinion in July 2025 declaring that all countries have a legal obligation to protect and prevent harm to the climate. The court, created ...
The International Court of Justice will hear a landmark case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against its minority ...
The International Court of Justice, the United Nations’ principal judicial body, has elected as president Judge Yuji Iwasawa, a 1997 graduate of the University of Virginia’s School of Law, who earned ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an attorney who writes about energy issues and our world. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague thrust itself ...
After a “landmark” ruling from the International Court of Justice, journalists can expect more lawsuits against fossil fuel companies. Today’s nonstop news cycle makes it all too easy to lose sight of ...
The International Court of Justice issued a landmark advisory opinion in July 2025 declaring that all countries have a legal obligation to protect and prevent harm to the climate. The court, created ...
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The International Court of Justice said on Friday it would hold public hearings starting Dec. 2 in an advisory opinion case that may become a reference point in defining ...
In a huge gingerbread building in The Hague last week, 15 elderly jurists strode solemnly into the courtroom of the International Court of Justice to resume their deliberate deliberation of some of ...
The International Court of Justice issued a landmark advisory opinion in July 2025 declaring that all countries have a legal obligation to protect and prevent harm to the climate. The court, created ...