The Hague Academy of International Law is a center for high-level education in international law housed in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace helped in the creation of the Academy, which opened in 1923. Nobel Peace Prize winner Tobias Asser advocated for the creation of the Academy before his death in 1913. The Academy is closely associated with the International Court of Justice, also based in The Hague. Several current or former ICJ Judges either are alumni or have served on the faculty.

Notable Persons Associated with the Academy

Alumni

• Bernard R. Bot -He is currently Foreign Minister of The Netherlands
• William Deane-He served as Governor-General of Australia from 1996 to 2001
• Francesco Paolo Fulci -He is currently the Italian Ambassador to the United Nations
• Ted Kennedy-He is currently a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
• Assad Kotaite -He is currently President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization
• Jose Ramos Horta-Winner of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize
• Robert Poydasheff -He is currently Mayor of Columbus, Georgia
• Francisco Rezek-He is currently a Judge on the International Court of Justice, also served as a Lecturer at the Academy in 1986
• Peter Tomka -He is currently a Judge on the International Court of Justice
• John V. Tunney-He served as a United States Senator from California from 1971 to 1977
• Joseph Sinde Warioba -He served as Prime Minister of Tanzania from 1985 to 1990

Faculty and Administration

• Boutros Boutros-Ghali-Former Secretary-General of the United Nations (1992-1996), He is currently a Member of the Academy's Curatorium Administrative Council
• Harold Hongju Koh-Visiting Professor (1993), He is currently Dean of Yale Law School
• Pieter Kooijmans -Lecturer (1976, 1991), He is currently a Judge on the International Court of Justicet
• Hisashi Owada-Former Professor (1999), He is currently a Judge on the International Court of Justice
• Raymond Ranjeva -Lecturer (1997), He is currently a Judge on the International Court of Justice
• Elihu Root-As President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, He helped create the Academy
• Stephen Schwebel -Visiting Lecturer/Professor (1972), He served as a Judge on the International Court of Justice from 1981 to 2000.
• Bruno Simma -Lecturer (1995), He is currently a Judge on the International Court of Justice
• Anne-Marie Slaughter , Lecturer (2000), She is currently Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

External link

• Hague Academy of International Law website http://www.hagueacademy.nl/