The Peace Palace Library has collected publications on international law since 1913. The collection of the Library now includes over a million volumes. A large part of this collection is searchable through the Peace Palace Library’s online catalogue.
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Environmental Law is a complex body of law made up of global, international, national, state and local statutes, treaties, conventions, regulations and policies which seek to protect the environment and natural resources affected, impacted or endangered by human activities.
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Dutch universities have discovered the opportunities of Massive Open Online Course too. Recently, Leiden University prof. dr. Stefaan van den Bogaert has launched a MOOC [...]
In 2013 it will be four hundred years ago that Hugo Grotius published his Ordinum Pietas, a book that on publication provoked more repercussions than [...]
Twenty years ago the United Nations Security Council unanimously adapted Resolution 827. With this resolution the international community envisaged to put to trial those individuals [...]
In order to have our complete collection available for the visiting students of The Hague Academy of International Law, which will start on Monday the [...]
Transcript of the Peace Palace Library Lecture, 13 June 2013, given by Professor Bas de Gaay Fortman on Grotius’ ideas on Church and State in [...]
The Peace Palace Library in cooperation with UNESCO Nederland organizes a Peace Palace Library Lecture on ‘Protecting Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflict’, a lecture [...]
The Sierra Leone authorities should open a criminal investigation of a suspected arms supplier for his alleged involvement in international [...]
A prosecutor of an international court has opted not to pursue a case against multiple Vatican officials for crimes against [...]
A new book entitled “Palestine Membership in the United Nations: Legal and Practical Implications” was published by Cambridge Scholars, UK [...]
