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Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan and his spouse Princess Nobuko Asaka, with their entourage on the steps of the Peace Palace. On the far right, Dr. Jacob ter Meulen, Director of the Peace Palace Library. Date 1925.

‘Red flowers’, detail from the Japanese wall tapestry.

'A peacock displaying its feathers in full splendour', detail from the Japanese wall tapestry.

"The foulest blot remaining upon so-called civilized man, beyond question, is the killing of each other. That he has ceased to eat his fellows after killing them matters nothing to the slain and little to the survivors. It is the killing of each other that stamps man still the savage.

Charles D.B. King, 17th President of Liberia (1920-1930), with his entourage on the steps of the Peace Palace. Dated Thursday 29 September 1927.

Prize competitions are very likely to arouse jealousy, disappointment, and protests from all sides.

In the painting, Peace and Justice are represented as follows:  in the upper part of the art work, in the sky, the scales of justice are seen, the traditional symbol of Justice.

110 Years ago Andrew Carnegie sent his good wishes to President Theodore Roosevelt. Thanking him for his support to get The Hague Tribunal  accepted by the then concerned five opposing powers and thereby making it a viable means for settling international disputes.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the 100th anniversary of the Hague Peace Palace, first aired on 2 January: Jozias van Aartsen, Mayor of The Hague, Ladies and Gentlemen,

The inauguration of the Peace Palace in August 1913 coincided with the ceremonies and festivities to commemorate the first centenary of Dutch liberation from French rule that summer.

A second poster marking the inauguration of the Peace Palace in August 1913. In several advertisements that year, travellers from abroad were invited to come to The Netherlands:

April 11 Commemoration of Thomas Mawson Landscape architect. Mawson was the architect of the Peace Palace gardens. A specially cultivated Daffodil will be named after him.*  

The Government of the Netherlands has decided to nominate the Peace Palace for a place on the list of the European Heritage Label. The Peace Palace and Kamp Westerbork are submitted to the European Commission in Brussels which will decide in 2014 if the historic sites are worthy of the label.

On 21 August 1931, the exiled King Alfonso XIII of Spain visited the Peace Palace. Earlier that year, the Second Spanish Republic had been proclaimed. The King had fled and left Spain, but retained his claim to the throne in exile in Rome, Italy.

International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. International Women's Day is celebrated in many countries around the world. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.

As we turn the page on 2016, the Peace Palace Library looks back on the most notable international law news and Peace Palace Library events. What a year 2016 was! Again there were terror attacks around the world, in Brussels, Istanbul, Nice, Berlin, Ankara, Orlando and Aleppo.

Chesspieces, automotive parts, chairs, geometrical  objects, food, medical protheses, toys, paperweights and jewelry are a few of the examples<

Last Friday, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was awarded the