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A legal historical study of the development of international humanitarian law in the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century in the Netherlands.

On Monday the 17th of August 2009 the Centre for Studies and Research in International Law and International Relations of the Hague Academy of International Law started. The Centre takes place annually at the Academy and Library building of the Peace Palace.

In the Dutch daily 'NCR Handelsblad' Dutch foreign minister Verhagen stated that 'Prosecution should deter pirates, not encourage them with the prospect of starting a new life in the count

McAfee Virtual Criminology Report 2009 According to this report major countries and nation-states are engaged in a "Cyber Cold War," amassing cyberweapons, conducting espionage, and testing networks in preparation for using the Internet to conduct war.

In its Judgment, which is final, binding and without appeal, the Court unanimously

The European Court of Human Rights has agreed to hear the challenge by three women in Ireland to the Irish government’s ban on abortion in a full hearing before its grand chamber of 17 judges.

From 10 to 17 November a Special Commission of the Conference on Private International Law (hereafter HCCH) on the implementation of the 2007 Child Support Convention and of the

Counterfeiting, which represents 5 to 7% of world trade, has implications on the competitiveness of EU companies, on jobs and on the health and security of EU citizens.

The obama mania also has its effect on the intellectual property market. In the past months during the elections, several US companies filed applications for new trademarks at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Since the birth of the world first test tube baby, Louise Brown in 1978, In Vitro Fertilization  (IVF) has helped many childless couples successfully produce families in all corners of the globe.