The United Nations’ top court is set to issue a landmark advisory opinion on the right to strike clarifying whether employees are lawfully allowed to walk off the job.

The U.S. was among eight countries that voted against endorsing the nonbinding ruling that said all nations must take steps to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

General Assembly on 20 May 2026, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) is among the nearly 200 organisations worldwide that are urging UN Member States to support a resolution that would endorse the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion on climate change and call on countries to take the necessary next step in addressing the climate crisis.