Climate Justice at the ICJ: Human Rights Implications of the Advisory Opinion
Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, Annalisa Savaresi, Claudia Ituarte-Lima and Corina Heri The International Court of Justice’s landmark AdvisoryOpinion on the Obligations of States with Respect to Climate Change delivered on 23 July 2025 has unequivocally placed human rights at the centre of the applicable law on climate change. With it, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has consolidated the growing consensus on a global body of law on climate change…





