The Ultimate Hague Academy of International Law - American History Information Guide and Reference

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.