When the United Nations was founded in aftermath of World War II, The Hague once again became the center of international law. But while all other main UN bodies were located in New York, the ...

Equatorial Guinea has accused France of “neo-colonial” behavior in a legal battle over a luxury mansion in Paris ...

International law knows of no graver crime than genocide. The 1948 convention, which Israel was among the first nations to join, defines genocide as the perpetration of any of several heinous ...

France and Equatorial Guinea will cross swords Tuesday at the top United Nations court, in a long-running dispute over a ...

Latest on U.N. court order in Israel-Hamas war The International Court of Justice, the United Nations' top judicial body, has ordered Israel to pause all operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

FILE – A lone demonstrator waves the Palestinian flag outside the Peace Palace, rear, housing the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, on May 24, 2024.

South Africa says that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and has asked the International Court of Justice to intervene and stop Israeli military action in Gaza. Israel ...

The International Court of Justice is international, to be sure, but it is neither behaving like a court nor dispensing justice. Rather, the ICJ is allowing itself to be used as a geopolitical ...

Officials from almost 100 countries are at the International Court of Justice in the Netherlands, asking the court to issue an opinion on the responsibility of certain nations to protect the ...

On 13 July 2023, the International Court of Justice (“ICJ” or the “Court”) in Question of the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf between Nicaragua and Colombia beyond 200 Nautical Miles ...

The International Court of Justice serves as the principal judicial organ of the United Nations File image: Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rule on emergency measures against Israel ...