The Peace Palace (Vredespalais), which houses the International Court of Justice, in The Hague, Netherlands. Source: Wikimedia Commons, licensed under a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 License. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) last month released its landmark Advisory Opinion on States Obligations in Respect of Climate Change. The Opinion is the latest in a series of recent decisions from international human rights tribunals on climate change, and marks an extraordinary step forward in international climate law. The Vance Center is pleased to have played a small role in contributing to the Court’s decision. The Court cited our Environment Program’s extensive... read more
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