Newsletter Peace Palace 01/2020

Dear friends and partners of the Peace Palace,

With this newsletter we would like to take you along the activities that take place from the Peace Palace. Even in these challenging times we continue to work on a better world. This special period calls for reconsiderations, new decisions, justice, solidarity and deepening of partnerships. The current crisis shows global solidarity and has a major impact on the most vulnerable people in society. It is particularly for them that there is justice, to protect their dignity and rights.

In addition to housing the courts and facilitating "Peace through Justice", the Carnegie Foundation will continue to invest in activities in the context of "Peace through Education", "Peace through Dialogue" and "Peace through Culture" as much as possible. Our plans are ambitious, but that is necessary in order to continue working for peace. To inform you about all our projects, we will publish our newsletter every quarter from now on. We hope that you will enjoy reading it and that you will (continue to) support our work. Of course we would also like to welcome you as a 'Friend of the Peace Palace'.

Do you have questions or suggestions? Then we look forward to receiving your e-mail via info@peacepalace.org. But first of all, enjoy reading this newsletter.

Kind regards and stay healthy,

Erik de Baedts
Director Carnegie Foundation - Peace Palace

PEACE THROUGH LAW
International Court of Justice (ICJ): Press release The Gambia v. Myanmar

The ICJ extended the time-limits for the filing of the initial pleadings regarding the "Application on the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar)".

Read the press release of the ICJ
Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA): Annual Report 2019

The Permanent Court of Arbitration recently presented its Annual Report in which the court reports on its cases, projects and further activities in 2019. The report is published in English and French.

Read the Annual Report of the PCA

PEACE THROUGH CULTURE
Film: Restoration Chinese Vases

In the Peace Palace there are a total of four enamel cloisonné vases from China. In 1909, the Imperial Court commissioned the Institution Industrielle du Pékin to produce these unique works that were already delivered in 1910. Recently, the vases were restored with the help of experts.

Watch the film about the restoration
"Ein bisschen Frieden" at the Peace Palace

The Dutch singer Ilse DeLange and the German singer Michael Schulte performed the song "Ein bisschen Frieden" for the programme "Eurovision - Europe Shine A Light" in the hall of the Peace Palace. An ode to peace, love and friendship.

Watch the performance here

PEACE THROUGH DIALOGUE
75 years of Freedom

This year, we celebrate "75 years of Freedom". Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, many events in this context have been cancelled. However, the Peace Palace is and remains a place of hope and inspiration and we intend to convey this message in various ways, including through our hybrid events.

Read more about our hybrid events
Peace in Pandemic Times - blog by our Youth Ambassador Leonardo Párraga

“In the middle of a pandemic reaching all corners of the earth, I am left wondering if human solidarity can be as viral as the current virus. […] Might this be the time we realize our humanity is inextricably bonded to that of our fellow companions?”

Read the entire blog here

PEACE THROUGH EDUCATION
Retranslation "Die Waffen Nieder!"

Bertha von Suttner was an Austrian peace activist whose anti-war novel 'Die Waffen Nieder!' became an international bestseller after it was first published in 1889. More than130 years after its first publication, this still topical anti-war manifesto is finally available again in Dutch.

More information
The Hague Academy of International Law: Winter Courses

Due to COVID-19, the Hague Academy had to cancel its Summer Courses. Fortunately, the Academy recently published the programme for its 2021 Winter Courses on International Law! Registrations are already open.

More information and registration form

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