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The Peace Palace Library has the pleasure to invite you for the third Peace and Security Salon on Biological and Chemical Weapons. The Salon will discuss the international legal, practical and policy aspects of the use of biological and chemical weapons and the threat of biological and chemical terrorism. Time: Wednesday 11 May 2016, 19.30-22.30 hrs. Entrance fee
: € 7,50. Please note that the number of seats is limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
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To the delight of many, Peregrine Falcons are being spotted on the Peace Palace Tower with increasing frequency. City dwellers should take a minute and look up! Photos: Guido Aijkens The Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known as the peregrine, a widespread bird of prey in the family
Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-grey back, barred white underparts, and a black head.
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Database Justis is an innovative legal database and information service containing case law from the United Kingdom and Ireland. In addition, it also holds EU as well as international case law. One can find case coverage going back to 1163 and legislation from 1235, which makes this database stand out amongst its competitors. Aside from legislation, this full-text online legal library also features statutory instruments, articles, primary and specialist case law and human rights acts. This database is continuously updated and expanded, almost on a daily basis.
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On Thursday March 24, The Hague Peace Projects, a fairly new peace organization in the city of The Hague, organized a Lecture titled ‘The Fine Art of Peacemaking; The Aesthetics of War’. This interesting event focusses on bringing together individuals from different disciplines, namely the field of human rights and the art world, whose work focusses on political and social issues. For this occasion, The Hague Peace Projects invited Russian human rights lawyer Oleg Khabibrakhmanov and Dutch artist Olphaert den Otter to discuss their work and engage in a dialogue to explore where arts and activism intersect, what they can learn from one another and how they can help to work towards bringing about sustainable peace.
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Last week, the Movies that Matter Festival took place in The Hague and celebrated its 10th anniversary. One of the highlights of the Festival was the Master Class by Mr. Serge Brammertz, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The Masterclass was organized a day before the ICTY Judgment of war criminal Radovan Karadžić which made the event extra exciting. Mr. Serge Brammertz reflected on the case, the different forces at play in international court case and the future of international criminal law. He also commented on film fragments selected from the films of this year’s Festival.
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Our esteemed guest blogger Jaap Hoeksma has presented his new book From Common Market to Common Democracy: A Theory of Democratic Integration in the Peace Palace Library during a special book launch ceremony. The monograph is a small book with a relatively long history. It has been triggered by the reactions to Hoeksma’s finding that the Lisbon Treaty construes the European Union as a democracy without, however, turning the Union into a State. In order to submit his ideas to academic scrutiny, Hoeksma initiated a scientific meeting in the Peace Palace some time ago with a view to establish whether the European Union may be regarded as a new phenomenon in International Law, and, if so, how this novel entity can be described. In a series of blogs on our website Jaap Hoeksma explored the intricacies of the Westphalian system of International Relations.
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Guest blog by Shirleen Chin, Legal Officer, Institute for Environmental Security. At the time of writing, it is the International Day of Forests. It is on this day, 21st March 2016, that Project LEAF (Law Enforcement Assistance for Forests) of INTERPOL spoke out (again) about the link between corruption and the global trade in timber. An estimated $30 billion of government revenue is lost every year as a result of corruption in timber trade. This article will shed light on the indiscriminate destruction of our forests, under the guise of economic development for the financial benefit of elites at the highest level of the political system and how international, regional and national laws on anti-corruption are implicated.
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