The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that countries belonging to the Organization of American States (OAS) ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

JURIST Staff, US JULIANA V. UNITED STATES: CASE ANALYIS Climate change is the biggest problem of our time. It is a problem spanning generations and across continents, ...

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 ...

An international court’s opinion that greenhouse gases are an ocean pollutant is already being used in the fight against climate change. Small island states are especially susceptible to climate ...

As a former Hawaii Supreme Court Justice and a judge for over twenty years, it is apparent to me that the most important ...