Hague
Netherlands government seat
The Hague is a city in the Netherlands that serves as the seat of government, though Amsterdam is the official capital.
It hosts major international legal institutions including the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court: The war crimes tribunal convened at The Hague.
Often preceded by "the" even in formal contexts.
Northwestern European constitutional monarchy
- DutchOf the Netherlands
- seasideCoastal recreational area
- government seatAdministrative center of power
- royal residenceMonarch's official home
tram · coastal · parliament
Agreed standard of behavior
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
mediation · summit · ambassador · peace talks · international law · Carnegie · disarmament · protocol
Genocide prosecution tribunal
- ICCGlobal justice body
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- war crimesIllegal acts during conflict
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
crimes against humanity · prosecution · defendant · judgment · verdict · indictment · extradition · witness
Netherlands
Northwestern European constitutional monarchy
- DutchOf the Netherlands
- seasideCoastal recreational area
- government seatAdministrative center of power
royal residence · tram · coastal · parliament
convention
Agreed standard of behavior
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
arbitration · mediation · summit · ambassador · peace talks · international law · Carnegie · disarmament · protocol · delegation
International Criminal Court
Genocide prosecution tribunal
- ICCGlobal justice body
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- war crimesIllegal acts during conflict
genocide · crimes against humanity · prosecution · defendant · judgment · verdict · indictment · extradition · witness · testimony
- DutchDutch, Holland, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Rotterdam
- international lawinternational law, treaty, treaties, conventions, protocols
- Global OrganizationsUnited Nations, UN, European Union, EU, NATO
- International CourtsICC, war crimes tribunal, war crimes court, criminal tribunal, criminal court
- war crimescrimes against humanity, Nuremberg, war crimes tribunals, prisoner abuse, war criminals
- courtsfamily court, civil court, district court, criminal court, circuit court
HagueNuremberg
German trial city
Auschwitz · Rwanda · Darfur · Guantanamo Bay · Abu Ghraib
HagueWashington
U.S. seat of government
Moscow · Beijing · Pyongyang · Khartoum · American exceptionalism
- The HagueNetherlands administrative capital
- Hague ConventionsInternational laws of warfare
- Hague-Visby RulesMaritime cargo liability convention