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| 1913. 28 Aug |
The opening of the Peace Palace in The Hague.
It was built as the home for the for the Permanent Court of Arbitration with funding from the Scottish-American steel Magnate Andre Carnegie at the sum of US$1.5 million ($14M in today's terms) The buiding is owned by the Carnegie Foundation
Between 1922 and 1940 The Permanent Court of International Justice, often called the World Court and by a resolution from the League of Nations on 18 April 1946, both the Court and the League ceased to exist and were replaced by the International Court of Justice and the United Nations.
In 1923 it became the seat for The Hague Academy for International Law and The Peace Palace Library, a library of international law.
Since 1945 it has been the seat of the International Court of Justice. The ICJ is the highest judicial organ of the United Nations.
The Peace Palace is also home to the Carnegie Foundation, the legal owner and manager of the building.
The Peace Palace website.
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The Hague; Netherlands |
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