ICJ/International Court of Justice

Myanmar made Rohingya lives a nightmare, Gambia tells UN court in genocide case

A view of the courtroom during the first hearing in which Myanmar is accused of committing genocide against the country's Muslim minority, the Rohingya, at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, The Netherlands, on Jan 12, 2026.

World Court to hear landmark Myanmar genocide case in January

A general view of a building of United Nations' top court International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, December 2 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

A new climate of change or just hot air?

In a 133-page advisory opinion, the ICJ made clear that all states – and the companies they regulate – have a legal obligation to prevent harms caused by climate change.

Mass grave with over 100 skeletons in Sri Lanka brings up old wounds

Sri Lankan forensic experts and police officers work at the Chemmani mass grave in the former war zone in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, on July 26.

ST Explains

ICJ’s climate ruling may spur scrutiny of S’pore carbon tax, firms’ climate action plans

TOPSHOT - Vanuatu's Climate Change Minister Ralph Regenvanu (C) delivers a speech as he attends a demonstration ahead of the ICJ's reading of the advisory opinion in The Hague on July 23, 2025.

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