The agreement between the United Kingdom and Mauritius to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago, while retaining a ...

Mauritius is heavily reliant on offshore services and short-term fiscal gains. It is vulnerable to slow diversification, ...

A landmark opinion delivered by the United Nations' highest court last week that governments must protect the climate is ...

Mr Tuckwell said many of the Chagossian arrivals have children, and the council had a legal responsibility to find temporary accommodation for families with dependants. The council added that the ...

The official cost of the deal to surrender the Chagos Islands to Mauritius – a country which never owned the islands in the ...

The decision from the world's highest court has been welcomed by developing nations at most risk from climate change.

The Chagos Agreement is not only a diplomatic achievement, but also a “contractual transposition” of the decisions of international courts and tribunals. The Agreement acknowledges that the detachment ...

Last week, 15 judges from the International Court of Justice at the Vredespaleis in the Hague, at the request of the UN General Assembly, pronounced solemnly on climate change. Every state, they ...

The UN has opened the door to Britain being sued over its historic contribution to climate change. In a significant legal ...

COUNTRIES could soon be able to sue each other for climate reparations after a “bonkers” court decision. The International ...

The world’s top court may not be able to compel polluting states to halt planet-warming emissions, but experts say its ...