The Universality of International Law, Its Humanist Outlook, and the Mission of The Hague Academy of International Law
| Autor | Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade |
| Ocupação do Autor | Juiz da Corte Internacional de Justiça (Haia) |
| Páginas | 682-690 |
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The Universality of International Law, Its Humanist Outlook,
and the Mission of The Hague Academy
of International Law
Summary:1I. The Centenary of the Peace Palace. II. Ninety Years of the Hague
Academy. III. The Universality of I nternational Law: The External Programme s. IV.
The Hague Academy and the Humanist Outlook of Internatio nal Law. V. Conclu-
ding Remarks.
I. The Centenary of the Peace Palace
It is a source of great satisfaction to me that the Hague Academy of Interna-
tional Law has decided to associate itself, by means of this Sem inar, with the present
commemorations of the Centenary of the Peace Palace. The Hague Academy i s like-
wise commemorating, in this year of 2013, its ninetieth anniversary, and its history
is intimately linked to that of the Peace Palace, as well as the other institutions
hosted in this latter, namely, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), – preceded by
the Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ), – the Permanent Court of Arbi-
tration (PCA), and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Despite all the
turmoil and devastation endured throughout this century, the ideal of a world
guided by justice and peace has remained alive. It is this that we commemorate to-
day, i n this Peace Pal ace t hat h as been sheltering succeeding generations of interna-
tional law scholars who never failed to cherish this ideal.
Six years ago, in this same auditorium of the Hague Academy, we commemo-
rated yet another centenary, that of the II Hague Peace Conference2. Having ex-
pounded the outlook of the Latin American international legal doctrine therein, I
keep the most grateful memories of that centennial celebration3, being again here in
the company of Professor Yves Daudet and of other colleagues of the Curatorium of
the Hague Academy, in t his Seminar of a new centennial celebration of today, 15 July
1 Address delivered by the Author in the Semin ar of the Hague Academy of International
Law, at The Hague, in commemoration of the centenary of the Peace Palace, on 15 July 2013;
address original ly publ ished in: 32 Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights (2014) pp. 109-117.
2 [Various Authors,] Actualité de la Conférence de La Haye de 1907 – II Conférence de la Paix
(Colloque de 2007) (ed. Y. Daudet), Leiden/La Haye, Académie de Droit Internation al/Nijhoff,
2008, pp. 3-302.
3 A.A. Canç ado Trindade, “The Presence and Part icipat ion of Latin America at the II Hague
Peace Conference of 1907”, in ibid., pp. 51-84, and cf. pp. 110-112, 115-117, 122 and 205-206 (debates).
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