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Academy Book Launch: The Case for an International Court of Civil Justice
February 6, 2019During the first edition of the Winter Courses of The Hague Academy, a new book titled ‘The Case for an International Court of Civil Justice’ by Professor Maya Steinitz was presented to the students of the Academy. A few chapters of this book were included in the reading lists of Professor Catherine Kessedjian who was responsible for the General Course during the Winter Session. In this book, Professor Steinitz argues for the creation of an International Court of Civil Justice (ICCJ). In a world where victims of cross-border mass torts de facto lack a court to turn to in order to pursue legal action against multinational corporations responsible for disasters, atrocities, and other harms, Prof. Steinitz argues that this is the only way to provide a fair, legitimate, and efficient process for both victims and corporations.
Read moreInternational Courts and the African Woman Judge
February 6, 2019In 2018, the African Foundation of International Law organized a book launch for the publication ‘International Courts and the African Woman Judge ; Unveiled Naratives. After the opening remarks by Deputy – Registrar of the ICJ, Mr. Jean-Pelé Fomété, Dr Josephine Jarpa Dawuni, one of the editors, presented her book. She explained that the book narrates the lives and achievements of seven African female judges who currently sit on international courts and tribunals. The presentation was followed by a panel discussion with ICJ Judge Julia Sebutinde and Judge Liesbeth Lijnzaad of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and former ICTY prosecutor, Daniela Kravetz. Judge Sebutinde and Judge Lijnzaad spoke on the subject of gender and international courts as well as shared their personal experiences with the members of the audience. Daniela Kravetz, former ICTY Prosecutor, talked about the Gqual campaign and their strategies to promote gender parity in international legal organs.
Read moreSystematic Classification of International Law
December 20, 2018The Online Public Access Catalog includes bibliographical references to books, periodicals and articles that are available in the Peace Palace Library. The Library possesses an in-house systematic classification, modernised and updated as of 01-01-2016, which is used to classify books, essays and articles. Originally created in 1916, the systematic classification supports your search with regard to content and is divided into five sections.
Read moreThe Library’s Arabic Law collection
October 13, 2017Since 2011 we have built an extensive collection of books in the Arabic language. The books come from diverse countries, from Mauritania and Morocco to Egypt and Sudan, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq to Yemen and Oman. The main topics we’ve selected are: public international law, international criminal law, Islamic law (almost 400 titles), national positive law and related subjects.
Read moreNew Publication: Recueil des cours, Collected Courses, Tome/Volume 379
November 22, 2016ISBN 978-90-04-32127-4, Hague Academy of International Law, Leiden, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. With contributions from V. Lowe, K. Boele-Woelki, C. Fresnedo de Aguirre and R. Ben Achour.
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Collected Courses = Recueil des cours
July 28, 2016Since 1923, The Hague Academy of International Law has organized courses on Public and Private International Law at the Peace Palace. These lectures, by the world’s most prominent legal scholars, are subsequently published in the prestigious Collected Courses of the Academy. The website of the Library will keep you informed on new volumes in this series.
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Scheldt River collection
The Scheldt is a transboundary river which originates in North-Western France and runs through Western Belgium and the South-West of the Netherlands. The Scheldt Estuary is shared between Belgium and the Netherlands. The Dutch section of the estuary is called the Western Scheldt, and is of vital importance as navigation channel to the port of […]
Read moreNew Publication: Recueil des cours, Collected Courses, Tome/Volume 368
October 13, 2014ISBN 978-90-04-26795-4, Hague Academy of International Law, Leiden, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. With contributions from Lucius Caflisch, Eyal Benvenisti and Ki Gab Park.
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Database: Jura.Be (LegalWorld)
September 30, 2014Jura.be is an online Library from Kluwer Belgium. The database is multi-disciplinary and for each discipline, an extensive range of legislation, case law and jurisprudence is available. Jura.be contains summaries of published judgments with a reference to the journal in which they are published; the full texts of the decisions of the Court of Cassation and of the Court of Arbitration are also available.
Read moreNew Publications: Recueil des cours, Collected Courses, Tome/Volume 353, 361, 362, 363, 364 and 367
September 1, 2014The Academy is a prestigious international institution for the study and teaching of Public and Private International Law and related subjects. All courses at the Academy are published in the Recuel des cours/Collected Courses.
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