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Is Deep-Seabed Mining Compatible with the Human Right to a Healthy Environment? Insights from the ICJ and IACtHR Climate...

In 2025, following the 2024 advisory opinion (AO) of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea on Climate Change (here), the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the In...

The ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: What It Means for the Convention on Biological Diversity

This week’s General Assembly’s resolution welcoming the International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change provides significant...

One Day Seminar on Re-Imagining International Environmental Law | Indian Society of International Law [Aug 29, 2026]

ISIL is organising a seminar on Re-Imagining International Environmental Law on August 29, 2026. Scroll down for more details!

One Step Forward, Two Steps Obscure: Jurisdiction over External Rules in M/T Heroic Idun (No.2)

On 27 May 2026, the ITLOS Special Chamber rendered its judgment in M/T Heroic Idun (No. 2). Brought by the Marshall Islands against Equatorial Guinea, the case concerns the lawfuln...

Pre-Exploitation Litigation: Cases No. 34 and 35 and the Timing of Deep-Sea Mining Governance

On 5 June 2026, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) announced two new proceedings before its Seabed Disputes Chamber (SDC). Nauru Ocean Resources Inc. (NORI)...

Denial of Environmental Justice: Would a Bar on Climate Tort Litigation Be Inconsistent with New Zealand’s International...

Like other countries that pride themselves on upholding the rule of law, New Zealand has seen many climate change cases decided by its courts. The most significant is the 2024 judg...

International Law and American Courts: Part Three — The Nation's First Decades

UN General Assembly Votes for Resolution on ICJ Advisory Ruling on Climate Obligations

UNITED NATIONS, May 21 (IPS) - Member states this week (May 20) deliberated over a draft resolution on states’ obligations in respect of climate change following the advisory opin...

Announcements: CfA International Law of the Sea Conference; Introduction to PIL Summer School; Peace Operations Internat...

1. Call for Abstracts: Postgraduate Research Conference on the International Law of the Sea. The International Law Department, Geneva Graduate Institute is inviting submissions for...

New York Adopts Regulatory Amendments Implementing Environmental Justice Law

From Opinion to Action: The General Assembly Votes to Operationalize the ICJ’s Climate Advisory Opinion

On 20 May 2026, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/80/L.65 welcoming the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the Obligations of St...

Case Concerning an Inquiry by the International Seabed Authority: Less a Defence of Due Process than an Attempt to Short...

On 30 May 2026, two deep seabed mining exploration contractors—NORI and TOML (“the contractors”), both subsidiaries of Canada-based The Metals Company (TMC)—lodged an application a...

Genocide Modelling as Ladder and Ceiling: Ecocide and the Limits of the Rome Statute

When Arthur Galston coined the term ‘ecocide’ in 1970, the choice to model it on ‘genocide’ was deliberate; the etymological echo was designed to generate political leverage and si...

UN General Assembly adopts resolution confirming state obligations to combat climate change

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday adopted a resolution that reinforces member states’ duties to protect the global climate system by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Th...

Two Weeks in Review: 18—29 May 2026

China turns on tariff-free trade for Africa, while Iran turns off the internet. The ICJ’s advisory jurisdiction is back in focus, with the Right to Strike Advisory Opinion handed d...

UN Climate Resolution: Time to Protect Activists

LONDON, June 5 (IPS) - Ahead of World Environment Day, the UN General Assembly made a vital commitment to protect people from climate impacts, adopting a resolution on the climate...

Concluding the Normative Synergy on State Continuity: The ILC, the General Assembly and the Climate Advisory Opinion

A month ago, the United Nations General Assembly took a position significantly less ambiguous than the ICJ on a question of existential importance to island States threatened by cl...

General Assembly backs historic World Court climate crisis ruling

A landmark General Assembly resolution adopted on Wednesday is “a powerful affirmation” of international law, climate justice and science, according to UN chief António Guterres.Re...

The Best Law Schools For Environmental Law (2026)

If you're interested in environmental law, you need to see this list. The post The Best Law Schools For Environmental Law (2026) appeared first on Above the Law.

Indian jurist elected as Judge of International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) is an independent judicial body established by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; it has jurisdicti...

Reconnaissance as Legal Due Diligence: Lessons from Land to Sea

Aarhus Convention: the public loves it, States not so much

The Aarhus Convention is an international agreement that gives people three core rights: the right to access information about the environment, the right to take part in decisi...

ICS Publications Releases 6th Edition of Environmental Compliance Shipping Guide

International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) Publications launches the sixth edition of Shipping and the Environment: A Guide to Environmental Compliance, offering an expanded and acces...

DOJ Argues for Executive Control Over Citizen Suits, Seeking Seismic Changes to Environmental Law Enforcement