UN Human Rights Chief Türk hails landmark ICJ ruling affirming States’ human rights obligations with respect to climate change
The Advisory Opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on States’ obligations regarding climate change is a sweeping victory for all those...
Rapid Legal Analysis of the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change Obligations
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has delivered an historic advisory opinion which, for the first time, authoritatively sets out States’ legal duties in...
Pacific Women Leaders urged to tackle tech threats and gender violence head-on
Tonga’s Minister of Internal Affairs, Sinaitakala Tu’itahi, has called on Pacific women leaders to stand united against emerging challenges such as artificial intelligence misuse,...
Pacific Women Leaders Meeting told to push past rhetoric and deliver results
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Baron Waqa has urged women leaders to shift from consultation to action, as he opened the 4th Pacific Islands...
Small Islands warn world off track on 2030 goals, Demand action now: AOSIS
The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) has delivered a stark warning at the 2025 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, declaring that the...
Pacific youth hail ICJ’s landmark climate ruling as a ‘lifeline’ for Island nations
The Pacific youth who initiated the historic push to take climate change to the world’s highest court have hailed the International Court of Justice’s...
Pacific celebrates the voices of women in fisheries at the Fisheries Ministers Meeting in Niue
Women working behind the scenes across the Pacific fisheries sector were celebrated in Niue last night, as the latest edition of Moana Voices was...
ICJ rules Climate inaction breaches International law, affirms States’ legal duties to act
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has issued a historic advisory opinion that could reshape the global legal landscape for climate action, declaring that...
Vanuatu hails ICJ Climate ruling as breakthrough for global justice
Vanuatu’s Minister for Climate Change, Ralph Regenvanu, has welcomed the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) historic advisory opinion on climate change, calling it a...
ICJ ruling is a landmark win for children: Save the Children
The historic climate change ruling at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) today is a landmark win for child campaigners, acknowledging the adverse impacts...
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Australia, PNG to turn new alliance into defence and economic action
Australia and Papua New Guinea are meeting in Port Moresby to advance defence, security and economic cooperation under a new alliance that marks a...
U.S takes final step to award first seabed mineral lease sale in American Samoa
The Marine Minerals Administration today issued the final notice for a seabed minerals lease sale offshore American Samoa, covering two areas totaling 31.4 million...
Vanuatu PM says government remains stable amid leadership challenge claims
Vanuatu's Prime Minister Jotham Napat has shut down claims that he could be facing a leadership challenge through a no-confidence vote at the next...