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

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.

“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 ...

Advisory Opinion OC-32/25 issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights marks a legal milestone in the evolution of ...

Omotola Osude, a Nigerian legal scholar and climate justice advocate, is raising an alarm that is being heard far beyond her ...

Historic climate change proceedings to open at UN’s top court Small nations that say they're devastated by an environmental crisis they haven't caused are hoping an opinion from the International ...

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

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

The ECHR is an important part of the Council of Europe, which is the continent’s foremost human rights institution. Russia was expelled from the council over Moscow’s invasion and war in Ukraine.

Europe’s top human rights court is the first international court to rule over Russia’s responsibility for downing flight MH17 and for their actions in the conflict in Ukraine ...

By Mongabay.com Citizens from around the world are increasingly holding governments and businesses accountable for their ...

The ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights could shape climate policies and bolster climate pollution lawsuits ...