The Judiciary announces its plan to establish the Hong Kong International Commercial Court, a specialist division of the High Court, to adjudicate complex, high-value international and cross-boundary ...

The State Department rebuffed a recent ruling from the International Court of Justice on Wednesday, defending Israel on a court opinion that found the Israeli government is obligated to facilitate a ...

The International Court of Justice has found that there is “plausible” evidence to suggest Israel may have committed acts of genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and is ordering the nation ...

The International Court of Justice was asked in 2023 by the International Labor Organization, a U.N. agency, to settle an ...

The International Court of Justice’s ruling that countries have a legal duty to curb climate change was the result of a yearslong campaign that began with university students. Vanuatu’s Climate Change ...

The International Court of Justice is due to hear from 98 states and 12 international organisations - including many first-time participants in these kinds of proceedings. Today, the world’s top court ...

On October 15, the Registrar of the International Court of Justice announced the schedule for the oral arguments in its opinion on climate change. The hearings will begin on Monday, December 2, with ...

The International Criminal Court came under fire again Thursday when Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte became the latest leader to say he’s considering leaving the “useless” tribunal. It came hours ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands—A steel-gray sky hung over the climate proceedings at the International Court of Justice this month, evoking the shadows World War II cast over the negotiators who met here in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an attorney who writes about sustainability law and policy. The ICJ was established in 1945 through the UN Charter to handle ...

The International Court of Justice, the U.N.’s highest judicial body, is in the rare position of weighing in on a closely watched global conflict while hostilities are ongoing. By Amanda Taub ...

Correction: An earlier version of this article misstated the number of lawsuits related to climate change. The correct estimate is 3,000. We regret the error. The ...