The Latest Breaking News from International Court of Justice

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

Survivors have enough pain without copping the church's legal games

As a practising Catholic, it makes one feel totally ashamed of the Catholic Church in regards to this matter.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 4, 2023

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

Why Has the West Given Billions in Military Aid to Ukraine, but Virtually Ignored Myanmar?

It proves challenging to build a narrative around the Myanmar crisis due to the complexities within the country.

The News Lens · Feb 3, 2023

Commentary: We can’t let history repeat itself with the siege of Nagorno-Karabakh

The world watched and allowed a brutal genocide three decades ago in the Bosnian city of Srebrenica. A tragically similar crisis is looming again. Global leaders know how this could end, and they have no excuse to stand by. Indeed, they are bound by law and human decency to intervene…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 1, 2023

Azerbaijan asks World Court to order Armenia to help demining effort

Azerbaijan on Tuesday called on judges at the World Court to order Armenia to help demine areas it previously controlled and stop planting explosive devices which prevent Azeri nationals from returning to their former homes.

Reuters · Jan 31, 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.

Reuters · Jan 30, 2023

Watch: World Court holds hearings in tit-for-tat Armenia-Azerbaijan cases

Judges at the International Court of Justice in The Hague heard requests for additional emergency measures as part of tit-for-tat cases filed by Armenia and Azerbaijan at the World Court in 2021 today, 30 January.

The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2023

Why has the West given billions in military aid to Ukraine, but virtually ignored Myanmar?

Two years after Myanmar’s coup on February 1 2021, the country’s large and growing resistance forces receive almost no attention outside the country.

The Conversation · Jan 29, 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…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 20, 2023