International Court of Justice
The International Court of Justice was established in 1945 by the Charter of the United Nations as the principal judicial organ (Art. 7, UN Charter). Its role in the fulfillment of the purposes of the...
View ArticleShabtai Rosenne Memorial Lecture
On Thursday, 24 November the first Shabtai Rosenne Memorial Lecture, delivered by Professor Malcolm N. Shaw Q.C., Senior Fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of...
View ArticleInterview with Prof. Rosalyn Higgins
Q: In 2009, you delivered the Cleveringa lecture in Leiden. There you spoke about the role of the judge, who often has to decide between perfectly valid alternatives, both very skillfully argued. This...
View ArticleCommitment to court of justice a historic step
IRELAND’S RECENT declaration accepting the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is a significant development, affirming the State’s commitment to the rule of law in...
View ArticleKeeping Your Head Above Water: The Pacific Islands & The Rising Tide Of...
On February 3rd 2012, Johnson Toribiong, the President of the Pacific Island Nation Palau, announced that his country will seek an Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The...
View ArticleGenba at U.N. calls for more use of ICJ to resolve conflicts
Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba called Monday for greater use of the Hague-based International Court of Justice to resolve international conflicts peacefully, a reference apparently aimed at South...
View ArticleIn Memoriam Pieter Hendrik Kooijmans (1933-2013), Former Judge of the...
Former Dutch Judge of the International Court of Justice, Pieter Hendrik Kooijmans has died. He will be remembered as a politician, diplomat and eminent international lawyer with a warm and kind...
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Bolivia’s Centenarian Maritime Claim before the International Court of Justice
Guest Blog by Elizabeth Santalla Vargas. The author has been part of Bolivia’s legal team at Dirección Estratégica de Reivindicación Marítima (Diremar). The views expressed in this note are those of...
View ArticleThree Aspects of International Justice at The Hague, ICJ, ICC and ICTY,...
The International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists holds its annual conference in the Peace Palace, The Hague, 9-13 October 2013. The conference will deal with the topic: "Three Aspects of...
View ArticleInternational Court of Justice Lecture, Auditorium, Wednesday, 14.00-16.00h
The Hague Academy organises a number of lectures for all attendees of the summer courses on the International Court of Justice, the Permanent Court of Arbitration and the various international criminal...
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South Sudan: Birth Of A Nation
Update: This post is a follow up of a prior post discussing the secession of Southern Sudan. On 14th July 2011, South-Sudan became the newest member of the United Nations. On 9th July, South Sudan...
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International Court of Justice 70th Anniversary!
On 20 April 2016, the International Court of Justice celebrated its seventieth anniversary with a solemn commemorative sitting at the Peace Palace, The Hague. His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the...
View ArticleBertha von Suttner Master Class and Commemorative Lecture, 14-16 June 2016
From June 14 until June 16, the Peace Palace Library, the Bertha von Suttner Project and Central Michigan University, will organize the third annual Bertha von Suttner Commemoration Week. The...
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Rosenne’s Law and Practice of the International Court: 1920 -2015 (5th Edition)
The annual Shabtai Rosenne Memorial Lecture was the perfect opportunity to release the 5th edition of the Rosenne’s Law and Practice of the International Court: 1920-2015. During the Memorial Lecture,...
View ArticleThe Hague International Open Day 2017
International organisations in The Hague work tirelessly to secure a safer and better world. Is goes without saying that all this happens backstage inside the many international organisation for which...
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Book Review: War, Peace and International Order?
For centuries violent wars had raged in Europe. Harvests were destroyed, houses were plundered, families torn apart. Society was unsettled time and again. The raw images of the battlefield that through...
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