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World Court says it can rule on Guyana-Venezuela border dispute

Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ruled they had jurisdiction over a long-running border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela, which could determine which country has rights to territory rich in oil and gas.

Reuters · Apr 6, 2023

Vanuatu scores a big climate win

It convinced the UN to urge the highest court to rule on whether polluting nations must address climate change

Salon · Apr 5, 2023

The UN is asking the International Court of Justice for its opinion on states' climate obligations. What does this mean?

The United Nations has just backed a landmark resolution on climate justice.

The Conversation · Apr 3, 2023

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ICJ Rejects Iran's Bid to Release Assets Frozen by US

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has rejected Iran's legal bid to release about $2 billion owned by the Markazi Bank frozen by the US. The Associated Press reported that the largest part of the case focused on Bank Markazi and its frozen assets of $1.75 billion in bonds and…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 31, 2023

ICJ orders US to pay compensation for freezing Iranian assets

In a blow for Iran, however, the UN court said it didn’t have jurisdiction over frozen assets from Iran’s central bank.

Al Jazeera · Mar 30, 2023

World Court rules US illegally froze some Iranian assets

In a partial victory for Iran, judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ruled Washington had illegally allowed courts to freeze assets of some Iranian companies and ordered the United States to pay compensation but left the amount to be determined later.

Reuters · Mar 30, 2023

United Nations adopts landmark resolution for global climate justice

Members of the United Nations General Assembly have adopted a historic resolution that advances the climate justice cause by calling for the UN’s top court to lay out states’ obligations to fight climate change and reduce global warming.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 30, 2023

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‘Beginning of a new era’: Pacific islanders hail UN vote on climate justice

Resolution asks ICJ to clarify countries’ obligations to fight climate change and the consequences they should face for inaction

The Guardian - AU · Mar 30, 2023

UN votes to ask world court to rule on national climate obligations

The United Nations General Assembly voted on Wednesday to pass a resolution asking the world's top court to define the obligations of states to combat climate change, a legal opinion that could drive countries to take stronger measures and clarify international law.

Reuters · Mar 30, 2023

UN backs landmark Pacific-led resolution clearing way for International Court of Justice advisory opinion on climate obligations

A landmark resolution by Vanuatu law students and its government to get climate change to the world's highest court has been adopted by the United Nations, in a bid to clarify if states are responsible for preventing climate harm.

ABC News · Mar 29, 2023

UN votes to ask world court to rule on countries’ climate duties

Call for International Court of Justice to offer legal opinion on climate crisis follows campaign led by island Vanuatu.

Al Jazeera · Mar 29, 2023

United Nations adopts landmark resolution on climate justice

Resolution hailed as ‘win for climate justice of epic proportions’ should make it easier to hold countries legally accountable for environmental failures

The Guardian - US · Mar 29, 2023

UN agrees on role for Int’l Court of Justice in climate change

Pacific island state Vanuatu – one of the world’s most vulnerable to climate change – has led the UN initiative.

Al Jazeera · Mar 29, 2023

‘We are very vulnerable’: cyclone-hit Vanuatu pins climate hopes on UN vote

Pacific nation is sponsoring resolution that will ask ICJ to rule on consequences for climate inaction

The Guardian - AU · Mar 28, 2023

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Al Jazeera · Mar 24, 2023

UN commission ends hearings on rights abuses in Israel, Palestine

The commission of inquiry spoke to witnesses, including relatives and colleagues of Al Jazeera’s Shireen Abu Akleh.

Axios · Mar 24, 2023

Tiny island nation to take climate change to world's highest court

The case could establish countries' legal responsibilities to protect the climate.

ABC News · Mar 2, 2023

Australia joins Vanuatu's campaign to push for consequences for climate-harming countries through the ICJ

Neither of the world's two largest emitters, China and the United States, have signed on as co-sponsors for the motion, which could be up for a vote at the United Nations later this year.

The Guardian - AU · Mar 1, 2023

Australia joins Vanuatu bid for international court to rule on obligation to prevent climate harm

Pacific island country will put resolution to UN general assembly seeking opinion on international legal obligations that countries have to act on the crisis

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360info · Feb 19, 2023

Proposed Ukraine Tribunal risks justice deadlock

Two NATO powers have plans to bring Putin to justice over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but a different approach offers a clearer path to prosecution.

Reuters · Jan 30, 2023

Armenia tells World Court Azerbaijan blockade is 'ethnic cleansing'

Armenia told judges at the World Court on Monday that a blockade of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region by neighbouring Azerbaijan was designed to allow "ethnic cleansing", a claim rejected by Baku.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 20, 2023

World Court Says It Has Received UN Request for Opinion on Israel Occupation

The International Court of Justice on Friday confirmed it had officially received a request from the United Nations General Assembly to give an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories. The ICJ is expected to draw up a list of states and organizations that…

Reuters · Jan 20, 2023

World Court says it has received U.N. request for opinion on Israel occupation

Zenger · Jan 20, 2023

Israeli And PA Envoys Hurl Accusations At Security Council

The Israeli and Palestinian Authority ambassadors to the United Nations slung barbs at each other in a fiery debate.

Reuters · Jan 8, 2023

Israel takes away VIP pass over Palestinian world court move

Israel suspended on Sunday a pass that eased the Palestinian foreign minister's travel in and around the occupied West Bank, as part of its response to Palestinian efforts to involve the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the conflict.

Al Jazeera · Jan 6, 2023

Israel approves punitive response to Palestinian moves at ICJ

PA rejects Israeli measures, which include a moratorium on Palestinian construction in parts of the occupied West Bank.

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