Peace Palace

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The Peace Palace is a landmark building in The Hague, Netherlands, that serves as a major center for international law and houses key judicial institutions including the International Court of Justice.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf building
landmark
seat of court
architect Johan Adrianus Frederiks
Louis Marie Cordonnier
architecturalStyle Neo-Renaissance
associatedWith League of Nations
United Nations
category Buildings and structures in The Hague
Courthouses in the Netherlands
International law organizations based in the Netherlands
city The Hague
constructionStart 1907
coordinates 52.0869°N 4.2965°E
country Netherlands
countryOfJurisdiction Netherlands
floorCount 3
formerOccupant Permanent Court of International Justice
function center for international law
seat of the International Court of Justice
seat of the Permanent Court of Arbitration
fundedBy Andrew Carnegie
fundingAmount US$1.5 million (original donation)
governingBody Carnegie Foundation (Netherlands)
hasCollection artworks donated by member states
international law literature
hasFacility Hague Academy of International Law lecture halls
Peace Palace Library
hasGarden Peace Palace gardens
hasMotto Peace through law
hasVisitorsCentre Peace Palace Visitors Centre
height 80 m (tower)
heritageStatus Rijksmonument
houses Hague Academy of International Law
International Court of Justice
Peace Palace Library
Permanent Court of Arbitration
inception 1913
locatedIn Netherlands
South Holland
The Hague
maintainedBy Carnegie Foundation (Netherlands)
namedAfter peace
openingDate 28 August 1913
owner Carnegie Foundation (Netherlands)
publicAccess limited, via guided tours and visitors centre
purpose to promote international peace and justice
symbolOf international justice
international peace
touristAttraction yes

Referenced by (30)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Chamber of Summary Procedure of the International Court of Justice ("Peace Palace, The Hague")
Hague Academy of International Law
Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ("Peace Palace neighborhood, The Hague")
Permanent Court of Arbitration ("Peace Palace, The Hague, Netherlands")
President of the International Court of Justice ("Peace Palace, The Hague")
locatedIn
The Hague
The Hague ("Peace Palace Library")
contains
OPCW Headquarters
World Forum, The Hague
nearby
Johan Adrianus Frederiks
Louis Marie Cordonnier ("Peace Palace in The Hague")
notableWork
Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro (ICJ, 2007) ("Peace Palace, The Hague, Netherlands")
Croatia v. Serbia (ICJ, 2015) ("Peace Palace, The Hague, Netherlands")
placeOfJudgment
Hague Academy of International Law ("Peace Palace Library")
affiliation
Peace Palace ("Peace Palace Library")
hasFacility
Peace Palace ("Peace Palace gardens")
hasGarden
President of the International Court of Justice
hasSeatAt
Peace Palace ("Peace Palace Visitors Centre")
hasVisitorsCentre
Johan Adrianus Frederiks
hasWorkIn
Permanent Court of Arbitration
headquartersLocation
Peace Palace ("Peace Palace Library")
houses
Permanent Court of International Justice
locatedInFacility
Carnegie Foundation (Peace Palace)
manages
Vice-President of the International Court of Justice ("Peace Palace, The Hague")
meetsIn
Carnegie Foundation (Peace Palace) ("Peace Palace Library")
operates
Carnegie Foundation (Peace Palace)
owns
Ukraine v. Russian Federation (Allegations of Genocide) ("Peace Palace, The Hague, Netherlands")
placeApplicationFiled
The Gambia v. Myanmar ("Peace Palace, The Hague, Netherlands")
placeOfFiling
Vice-President of the International Court of Justice
seat
International Court of Justice
seatsAt

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