Below, we provide a brief overview of the main topics included in the extensive collection of the Peace Palace Library. These topics are presented in more detail in the Research Guides, prepared and maintained by our team of librarians.
10 May 2012
In the 20th century science and technology changed the agricultural sector in many industrialized countries enormously. The implications for both developed and developing countries in the agricultural sector, rural development, food security, food safety, the environment, trade etc., are the subject of the guide.
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Throughout the post Cold War period there has been a widespread view that war and armed conflict have changed radically since the First World War [...]
On Thursday 26 April, Trial Chamber II of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) delivered its verdict in the case against Charles Taylor, former [...]
On 2 February 1971, the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands was adopted. The original Contracting Parties of the Convention were driven by an anxiety that migratory [...]
For students who study international humanitarian law his book “Constraints on the waging of war : an introduction to international humanitarian law”, 4th ed. 2011, [...]
Rosemary Grey, a Law student from the University of New South Wales in Australia, became a frequent visitor of the Library when she interned at [...]
Written by Lise Bosman (ICCA) “The Academy Building also houses Permanent Court of Arbitration staff members working in cooperation with the International Council for Commercial [...]
The blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng’s plight, which piqued much of the world’s attention the past fortnight, has fully exposed the [...]
Gucci America, Inc. v. Guess?, Inc., 09 Civ. 4373 (S.D.N.Y. 2011)(SAS)(JLC), discusses the growing issue in international litigation of the [...]
The organisation’s support of a marine reserve in the Chagos islands displays a lack of regard for islanders wanting to [...]
