Peace Palace (Vredespaleis) - details and images
Peace Palace in The Hague is a building which functions as the headquarters of the International Court of Justice, the principal judge of the UN body, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, International Law Academy in The Hague, and an extensive library, Peace Palace Library. It's a regular gathering place for special events related to politics and international law.
Peace Palace was built in Gothic style between 1907 and 1913, thanks to contributions and donations from around the world. Since 1922, this building is the headquarters of the International Court of Justice. This judicial body, composed of 15 judges, has reannoit activity after the end of the Second World War, becoming the supreme court of justice of the United Nations.
Peace Palace The idea came from a conversation in 1900 between the Russian diplomat, and U.S. diplomat Friedrich Martens, Andrew Dickson White, thinking of a location for the Permanent Court of Arbitration, which established the first Hague Peace Conference in 1899. White contacted his friend, philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and proposing this project. Carnegie had his reservations, and at first was only interested in donating money to set up a library of international law. White, however managed to convince the Carnegie and Carnegie in 1903 agreed to donate $ 1,500,000 ($ 40,000,000 in today's dollars) required for the Palace of Peace, and to equip it with a international law library.
At first Carnegie simply wanted to donate money directly to Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands to build the palace, but legal problems have denied this, and in November 1903 Stichting Carnegie was nominated to participate in the construction, administration and maintenance of the Palace . .
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