Judges at the United Nations’ top court sided with France in a long-running legal tug-of-war with Equatorial Guinea over the sale of a mansion on one of Paris’ poshest avenues.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court in a landmark advisory opinion Wednesday said countries could be in violation of international law if they fail to take measures to protect the planet from climate change, and nations harmed ...

For the second time in its long-running dispute with Equatorial Guinea, the ICJ has ruled in France’s favor, paving the way for the sale of former Vice President Teodorín Obiang’s multimillion-euro mansion seized in a corruption probe.

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The ICC is a Hague-based court with the power to prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Today, it explicitly recognises sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilisation and gender-based persecution as distinct crimes.

The Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation and the Portfolio Committee on Justice today received a briefing from the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation on South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Israel has launched a 'significant' operation in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday during a testimony in court. (Reporting by Steven Scheer in Jerusalem and Tala Ramadan in Dubai.