US EditionPacific Youth Climate Campaign Led to Historic Ruling by World Court
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World court’s “advisory opinion:” States obliged to prevent climate change harm
In the largest case in its history, the International Court of Justice last week ruled, in a non-binding opinion, that countries are legally obliged to prevent “significant harm to the climate system.”
The right to life is an achievement of democracy. It is threatened by our prosperity. The International Court of Justice's ruling on climate change shows the consequences.
Pacific youth climate campaign led to historic ruling by world court
Pacific Island students who launched a legal push in 2019 won a major victory Wednesday when the International Court of Justice ruled that countries can be held liable for climate harm, setting a new legal standard for state obligations.Sera Sefeti reports for The Guardian.In short:The ICJ opinion expands nations’ climate obligations beyond the Paris Agreement, linking them to human rights and customary international law.The ruling allows vulner…
On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) – the main international court of the United Nations and the most relevant international court, appointed by it, and the World Court of Justice – may have delivered the most important advisory opinion in its history, an advisory opinion which defines for the first time the responsibilities of States in the face of the most global crises: climate change determined by greenhouse gas emissio…
View of Great Hall of Justice, the ICJ courtroom at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the Court, on 23 July 2025, during the delivery of the Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change. | INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUST
View of Great Hall of Justice, the ICJ courtroom at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the Court, on 23 July 2025, during the delivery of the Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change. l.vandousselae… Mon, 07/28/2025 - 16:31 File Image Date Wed, 07/23/2025 - 12:00 Alternate Title Photograph: UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Frank van Beek. Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved. Gallery Code ICJ General Presentati…
WORLD VIEW: Don’t celebrate the ICJ opinion on environmental harm just yet
On July 23, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered an advisory opinion at the request of the UN General Assembly - driven by small island states such as Antigua and Barbuda, Vanuatu, and the Maldives - declaring unequivocally that all nations “have a duty to prevent environmental harm” by limiting greenhouse‑gas emissions.
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