What is the International Court of Justice? Set up in the aftermath of World War II, the ICJ is an organ of the U.N. and adjudicates disputes between countries. Certain U.N. bodies, including the ...

Israel's Gaza aid blockade contested in World Court hearings U.N. and Palestinian representatives at the International Court of Justice accused Israel of breaking international law by refusing to ...

One year ago, the International Court of Justice ruled that Israel had fifteen months to prepare their defense (“counter memorial”) against the charges of genocide filed by South Africa.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced Friday that it will begin public hearings on December 2, 2024, for its advisory opinion on states’ obligations regarding climate change. The UN ...

International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds a hearing to allow parties to give their views on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories before eventually issuing ...

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 ...

The case, before the fifteen-member International Court of Justice, is about climate change. Do countries have a legal as well as a moral obligation to prevent a planetary disaster? And ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. On Friday, July 19, the International Court of Justice delivered itself of a ...

Last December, more than 100 countries tendered their legal submissions to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), informing its upcoming advisory opinion on the duty of individual countries to ...

The International Court of Justice, the United Nations’ principal judicial body, has elected as president Judge Yuji Iwasawa, a 1997 graduate of the University of Virginia’s School of Law, who earned ...

What Is the International Court of Justice and Why Is It Weighing in on Humanitarian Aid in Gaza? THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court on Monday will begin hearing from 40 ...

Last year, the U.N. General Assembly asked the International Court of Justice to weigh in on Israel’s legal obligations after the country effectively banned the U.N. agency for Palestinian ...