PRESS RELEASE: The public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures filed by Equatorial Guinea in the case #EquatorialGuinea v. #France were held today before the #ICJ. Link to the press release: go.icj-cij.org/46Jthbb

📄 The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has published the full text and official summary in English of Advisory Opinion OC-32/25 on Climate Emergency and Human Rights.

The mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Defenders is up for renewal. In March 2026, the UN Human Rights Council will appoint a new expert. This role is vital: the Rapporteur monitors threats to defenders, promotes their work, and pushes for their protection.

UN experts expressed alarm at the approval by Peru’s Congress of a bill granting amnesty to perpetrators of gross human rights violations committed during the internal armed conflict (1980-2000). That would put Peru in violation of international law. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

We pay tribute to Lady Hazel Mary Fox who generously supported the United Nations’ efforts in the teaching and dissemination of international law. Watch her lecture on “State Immunity: The Absolute and Restrictive Doctrines and New Challenges”: UNAudiovisualLibrary legal.un.org/avl/faculty/Fo…

Situation in #Libya: Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri arrested for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes. Learn more ⤵️ icc-cpi.int/news/situation…

Alongside the Proof of Guilt Blog, we are honoured to publish a second essay on the UAPA by Hany Babu and Surendra Gadling, now detained without trial for 5 and 7 years, respectively. “The Grammar of the Power to Arrest and Search under UAPA.” [Link in thread 👇🏼].

PRESS RELEASE: the #ICJ will hold a public sitting at 10 a.m. (The Hague) on 23 July 2025, during which HE Judge Mahmoud Daifallah Hmoud (#Jordan), a new Member of the Court, will be officially sworn in go.icj-cij.org/4m2BVpw Watch the sitting live on UN Web TV.

🔴 Hunger is widespread in Gaza and people are dying. 🔴 Deadly malnutrition among children is reaching catastrophic levels. 🔴 Food is dangerously scarce, and clean water is below emergency levels . 🔴 Aid is severely restricted and dangerous to access. This is a man-made

REMINDER: The #ICJ will deliver its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change tomorrow, Wednesday 23 July 2025, at 3 p.m. (The Hague). Follow live on UN Web TV here: go.icj-cij.org/40whDN1

A few months ago I mentioned to a reporter that subjecting civilians to a subsistence diet can be a genocidal act according to the Rwanda Tribunal. They were perplexed so I explained that "slow death" can quickly turn into rapid mass death. I fear that's where we are.

The ICJ's Advisory Opinion on Climate Change is unanimous on all points.

READ HERE: The summary of the #ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change. go.icj-cij.org/4kYgfKy

The CIJ_ICJ has ruled that States must act to protect the environment and combat climate change, grounding its advisory opinion in international human rights and environmental law news.un.org/en/story/2025/…

As a longtime humanitarian who has battled famines and hunger crises, I fear that starvation in Gaza has now passed the tipping point and we are going to see mass-scale starvation mortality. A thread on famine momentum, famine response, and what it means for Gaza today.

Reports of escalating and serious clashes along the Thailand Cambodia border - this is a simmering dispute and has been the subject of an International Court of Justice #ICJ decision. #ThailandCambodia #PreahVihearTemple

The Cour de cassation decision regarding Bashar al-Assad is available in English. As reported, it notes that his Head of State immunity lapsed when he left office. It also notes that Head of State immunity doesn't apply before international courts, adopting the ICC's stance. 1/

Declarations of intervention by Slovenia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Belgium and Ireland under Article 63 are admissible in #TheGambia v #Myanmar, at the International Court of Justice #ICJ #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

The latest The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification alert confirms what we have feared: Gaza is on the brink of famine. The facts are in — and they are undeniable. Palestinians in Gaza are enduring a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions. This is not a warning. It is a reality unfolding before

"Myanmar’s peaceful future will not be born in the junta’s polling stations. It is already being built now, in liberated areas, displacement camps, bombed-out classrooms, […] & jungle hospitals by ordinary people doing extraordinary things” Khin Ohmar english.dvb.no/why-the-myanma…