{"id":5276,"date":"2026-05-29T18:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unsr.albertbarume.org\/site?p=5276"},"modified":"2026-06-04T18:09:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T16:09:25","slug":"un-experts-welcome-un-general-assembly-resolution-supporting-world-courts-climate-change-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unsr.albertbarume.org\/site?p=5276","title":{"rendered":"UN experts welcome UN General Assembly resolution supporting world court\u2019s climate change ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"GENEVA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 UN experts* today hailed the adoption of the UN General Assembly resolution welcoming the unanimous\u00a0Advisory Opinion<\/a>\u00a0of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on States\u2019 obligations on climate change.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe General Assembly resolution regarding the Court\u2019s Opinion is vital to ensuring justice and the rule of law globally,\u201d the experts said.<\/p>\n

The resolution is particularly important in the current geopolitical context, which has led to global fuel and\u00a0food<\/a>\u00a0price spikes and insecurity. States are also experiencing increasingly widespread impacts of the inter-linked planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, toxic pollution and economic inequality. \u201cThis is a fundamental step forward for the protection of peace, self-determination, sustainable development and human wellbeing for all,\u201d the experts said.<\/p>\n

They stressed that the new resolution establishes an international process to follow up on the ICJ\u2019s Advisory Opinion. They supported the request for a UN Secretary General\u2019s report on \u201cways to advance compliance with all obligations clarified by the Court, taking into account the best available science and possible gaps in multilateral efforts to address the adverse effects of climate change in accordance with international law\u201d and continued discussion on the implementation of the Opinion at the General Assembly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe welcome the clear determination of the 141 States who voted in favour of the resolution to translate the Court\u2019s findings into enhanced multilateral cooperation,\u201d the experts said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe urge all States to rely on the ICJ findings in the upcoming\u00a0UN climate negotiations<\/a>, the second Conference on Transitioning away from Fossil Fuels, UN biodiversity and desertification conferences, and in ongoing UN treaty negotiations on plastic pollution, protection of persons in the event of disasters, and on business and human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

The experts also emphasised that the ICJ Advisory Opinion is relevant under the International Seabed Authority, considering the foreseeable, significant and likely irreversible harm to the environment from\u00a0deep-seabed mining<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cStates have clear human rights obligations in relation to the General Assembly\u2019s call to ensure full, meaningful and equal participation in decision-making on climate action, in particular for Indigenous Peoples, peasants and small-scale fishers, people of African descent, women and girls, children and youth, persons with disabilities, people in vulnerable situations, and human rights defenders. These obligations include ensuring\u00a0access to information<\/a>\u00a0and access to justice,\u201d the experts said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHuman rights \u2013 particularly the right to a healthy environment \u2013 provide indispensable legal benchmarks for stringent due diligence obligations for States and for businesses responsibility, to protect the climate system, nature, the ocean, soil and human health.\u201d<\/p>\n

The experts called for international cooperation to halt the compounding harm caused by\u00a0fossil fuels<\/a>, ensure a just transition and provide effective remedies from climate harm for the benefit of present and future generations.<\/p>\n

They expressed full commitment to supporting States, organisations, social movements and authorities at all levels in the implementation of the ICJ Advisory Opinion.<\/p>\n

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