The Hague carries with pride its title of International city of Peace, Justice and Security: the city is the home base of almost every international organization in the field of peace and the administration
of justice.
Major International Organisations based in The Hague:
Permanent Court of Arbitration
Established by treaty at the First Hague Peace Conference in 1899, the Permanent Court of Arbitration is the oldest global institution for the settlement of international disputes. The Court offers a wide
range of services for the resolution of international disputes which the parties concerned (States or International Organisations) have expressly agreed to submit for resolution under its auspices. The
parties themselves select the arbitrators. Sessions of the Permanent Court of Arbitration are confidential.
Location: Peace Palace, Carnegieplein 2, 2517 KJ The Hague
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International Court of Justice
The highest judicial organ of the United Nations began work in 1946. The Court settles in accordance with international law the legal disputes submitted to it by States, and gives advisory opinions on legal
questions referred to it by international organs and agencies. The Court is composed of 15 sitting judges from different nationalities elected by the UN General Assembly and Security Council. Those
magistrates work independently from their national governments and give judgments on disputes concerning matters such as national frontiers and maritime boundaries, diplomatic relations, economic rights,
etc.
Location: Peace Palace, Carnegieplein 2, 2517 KJ The Hague
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International Criminal Court
The first ever permanent, treaty-based international criminal court was established on 17 July 1998 when its statute was accepted by 120 States. The ICC is a court of last resort. It will not act if a case
is investigated or prosecuted by a national judicial system unless the national proceedings are not genuine. In addition, the ICC only tries those accused of the gravest crimes.
Location: P.O. Box 19519, 2500 CM The Hague
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International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
It was established by Security Council resolution 827 on 25 May 1993 in the face of the serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia from 1991.
Since its creation, the Tribunal has become a fully operational legal institution rendering judgements and setting important precedents of international criminal and humanitarian law.
Location: Churchillplein 1, 2517JW The Hague
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Europol
Europol is the European Union law enforcement organisation that handles criminal intelligence. Its aim is to improve the effectiveness and cooperation between the competent authorities of the Member States
in preventing and combating serious international organised crime. The establishment of Europol was agreed in the Maastricht Treaty of European Union on 7 February 1992. The Europol Convention came into
force on 1 October 1998.
Location: Raamweg 47, 2596 HN The Hague
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Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
It was established in 1997 by the countries that joined the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) to ensure that the Convention works effectively and achieves its purpose. The OPCW is working mostly to convince
those countries in the world that have not yet done so to join the Convention, and to check and confirm the destruction of existing chemical weapons.
Location: Johan de Wittlaan 32, 2517 JR The Hague
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Moi Van Gogh, brush with genius in the Omniversum
For the first time ever Vincent van Gogh reaches the IMAX screen at the Omniversum in The Hague where his paintings will come to life.
Vincent van Gogh is one of the most popular and spectacular painters in the world. With his own forms and his own extraordinary colours, he created an extremely original, personal and yet universal world.
To better understand this genius, the film ‘Moi Van Gogh’ takes you to different places. The audience is transported from Amsterdam, the Van Gogh Museum, to Paris, Saint Rémy-de-Provence, Arles and
Auvers-sur-Oise in France.
Van Gogh’s paintings were shot on the stunning IMAX 15/70 format which provides a different approach to Van Gogh’s work, as an entirely new vision of the artist.
This film is a journey into the heart of Van Gogh's paintings. It is a spectacular film in which overwhelming visual sequences will bring the audience face to face with genius in its purest state, a very
moving immersion into the everyday life and ecstatic world of a painter in full creative flow.
This film is also shown in English, French and German (with headphones).
Theatre Address:
President Kennedylaan 5
2517 JK Den Haag
0900-6664837
(close to the Bel-Air hotel)
The Hague Museum of Photography
From 24 January to 19 April 2009 The Hague Museum of Photography will mount a huge retrospective of Man Ray's work. The American-born artist was best known for his avant-garde photography. The major
exhibition entitled ‘Unconcerned, but not indifferent’ is the first exhibition to reveal Man Ray’s complete creative process: from observations, ideas and sketches right through to the final works of art. By
establishing the linkage between art and inspiration, it gives a new insight into the work of Man Ray.
The 300 plus items on display are drawn from the estate of the artist, which is managed by the Man Ray Trust. Some of them have never been exhibited since the artist’s death in 1976, while others are on show
for the first time ever.Man Ray (1890-1976) used his camera to turn photography into an art – no mean feat for a man who tried almost all his life to avoid being described as a ‘photographer’. He preferred
to be identified with his work in other media: drawings, paintings and Dadaist ready-mades.
A passionate artist
The exhibition is a large-scale retrospective of Man Ray’s art and life. It links paintings, drawings and (of course) photographs to personal objects, images and documents drawn from his estate to paint a
picture of a passionate artist and – whatever his own feelings about the description – a great photographer.
The exhibition examines the four separate creative phases in Man Ray’s life. Each is closely connected with the place where he was living (New York, Los Angeles or Paris), his friends at the time and the
sources of inspiration around him. Using Man Ray’s artistic legacy and – perhaps more particularly – the everyday objects that were so important to him, ‘Unconcerned, but not indifferent’ reveals the world
as he saw it through the lens of his camera.
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The Hague and close region features some thirty museums. Some enjoy international fame, others are less well-known. Art museums such as the Gemeentemuseum and the Mauritshuis add atmosphere to the city,
together with the Historical Museum, the Mesdag Museum, Gallery of Prince William V. and many others.
Binnenhof
The Binnenhof (Dutch, literally "inner court"), is a complex of buildings in The Hague. It has been the location of meetings of the Staten-Generaal, the Dutch parliament, since 1446, and has been the centre
of Dutch politics for many centuries.
The grounds on which the Binnenhof now stands were purchased by Count Floris IV of Holland in 1229, where he built his mansion, next to the little lake that has been called Hofvijver or 'Court Pond' since
the 13th century. More buildings were constructed around the court, several of which are well known in their own right, such as the Ridderzaal (Great hall; literally Knight's Hall), where the queen holds her
annual speech at Prinsjesdag. One of the towers, simply known as het Torentje ('the Little Tower'; directly next to the Mauritshuis museum) has been the office of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands since
1982.
This 'Inner Court' is studded with monumental old buildings testifying of eight centuries of governing in the Low Countries, but it also has several ample open spaces, all freely open to the public. A gilt
neogothic fountain adorns the main square and one of the few Dutch equestrian statues (of King William II) guards the main Stadtholder's Gate, that dates from around 1600.
A large modern building at the south side of the Binnenhof since 1992 houses the Tweede Kamer, the lower but most important of the Dutch democracy elected houses.
The binnenhof is located in the city centre.
Prisongate
Prison and torture rooms.
The prison gate is located next to the Binnenhof
Address: Buitenhof 33, 2513 AH The Hague
Phone +31 -(0)70 3460861
Mauritshuis
The mansion of Johan Maurits, governor-general of Dutch Brazil, Count of Nassau Siegen, arose in about 1640. The collection consists of masterpieces from the Dutch Golden Age, including paintings by Vermeer,
Rembrandt and Potter.
The Mauritshuis is located in the city centre.
Address: Korte Vijverberg 8, 2513 AB The Hague
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Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
The Gemeentemuseum (municipal museum) owns an extensive collections of modern art, the applied arts, fashion and music. The modern art collection provides an overview of developments in the fine arts since
the early 19th century
Address: Haags Gemeentemuseum Stadhouderslaan 41, Den Haag
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(close to the Bel-Air hotel)
Museum Bredius Den Haag
Dr. Abraham Bredius was an art historian and art collector as well as director of the Mauritshuis. On his death in 1946, he bequeathed his vast collection of 17-th century art to the city of Den Haag. The
museum now features a collection of silver, china and paintings.
Address: Lange Vijverberg 14, Den Haag
Historical Museum Den Haag
The museum is housed in a monumental 17-th century edifice. Numerous paintings and objects from the museum's collection illustrate the history of more than seven centuries of The Hague.
Address: Haags Historisch Museum, Korte Vijverberg 14, Den Haag
Madurodam
Miniature city Madurodam, all of Holland in just one city. The canal houses of Amsterdam, the Alkmaar cheese market and parts of the Delta Works, all replicated in minute detail on a 1:25 scale. All is set
in beautiful gardens.
Address: George Maduroplein 1, 2584 RZ The Hague
Contact: Tel: 0031 (0)70 - 416.24.00
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Museon - Museum of popular science
Address: Stadhouderslaan 37, Den Haag.
Contact: Tel. 070 - 33.81.338
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Museum Het Paleis
It was Prince Hendrik's residence and later Queen Emma's winter palace. Since 1992 the classical, 18th building on the Lange Voorhout has housed regular exhibitions by the Gemeentemuseum that link up with
its varied collections.
Museum of Literature (Letterkundig Museum)
Address: Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5, 2595 BE Den Haag
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Panorama Mesdag
Panorama Mesdag is a cylindrical painting, more than 14 meters high and 120 meters in circumference. The Panorama Mesdag is a grand work of art in the style of The Hague School and an important art treasure.
The rooms leading to the Panorama house a fine collection of oil paintings and water colours by Mesdag and his wife.
Address: Zeestraat 65, 2518 AA Den Haag
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Stroom
The centre for visual arts is the vital center of contemporary visual arts in The Hague, The activities vary from public art, exhibitions, subsidies and studios, lectures to maintaining a library and
publishing.
Address: Spui 193-195, 2511 BN The Hague
Telephone +31 - (0)70 365.8985
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