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The Hague Humanity Hub

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The Hague Humanity Hub

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Our mission is to accelerate the development of a more peaceful and just world.

WE FACILITATE INNOVATION BY OFFERING THE NECESSARY INGREDIENTS FOR CHANCE ENCOUNTERS, NEW ALLIANCES, INSPIRATIONAL COLLABORATIONS, AND THE EXCHANGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND KNOWLEDGE.

19/10/2026

Who answers for the gravest crimes, and who makes sure they do? Holding power to account is the promise international law has always found hardest to keep.

It is also the question at the heart of The Hague Justice Week 2026, with many of the activities in the programme focusing on international law and accountability.

They approach the theme from very different angles. Some ask whether international law can prevent atrocities, rather than only judge them afterwards. Others explore what justice and reparation mean for survivors, how universal jurisdiction can reach perpetrators across borders, and where the gaps in today's legal framework lie. Several look beyond the courtroom, to restorative justice, to proposals for new institutions, and to the power of film and testimony.

The voices are as varied as the questions: diplomats, survivor advocates, researchers, legal practitioners and civil society organisations, meeting in The Hague, in hybrid sessions and online.

Together, they offer something no single session can: a picture of where accountability stands today, and what it would take to strengthen it.

New activities are added regularly, so keep an eye on the programme page.

Explore the programme: https://ow.ly/jotq50ZXBiq

16-20 November 2026 | The Hague and online
Gemeente Den Haag The Hague International Centre

Image credit: Gemeente Den Haag

14/10/2026

"For the first three years, nobody really believed the case would move forward. People were saying, 'you're trying to sue the world.'"

That's how Jule Schnakenberg, CEO of World's Youth for Climate Justice (WYCJ), remembers the early days. In July 2025, the International Court of Justice issued its Advisory Opinion on climate change, a historic milestone for international law and youth-led climate justice.

WYCJ helped carry that question across borders, connecting regional movements, legal experts, frontline communities and advocates around a shared demand.

In The Hague, they found more than the city where the Court sits. The Hub gave them a practical base to work, meet and connect, and linked the campaign to a wider Climate Justice Community spanning law, peacebuilding, security, policy, academia, humanitarian action and the arts.

Through screenings of YUMI and a Hague Talks event at the Peace Palace, a legal breakthrough became a public conversation about responsibility, justice and the future young people are helping to shape.

"Climate action will be just when we listen to the people at the frontline of the consequences."
Susana Muhamad, former Colombian Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development

This story features in our 2025 Annual Report:
https://ow.ly/48cW50ZQzNq

Working on climate justice? Take a look at the Climate Justice Community:
https://ow.ly/mqm750ZQzNp

12/10/2026

Knowing a problem is real is one thing. Knowing your solution actually helps is another.

Many young founders in The Hague have already done the hard groundwork. They have spoken to the people living with a problem and heard the same frustration again and again. What comes next is the harder question: does the idea work for the people it is meant to serve, and who else does it affect?

Ready to Impact, a free six-week programme by PLNT and the Hub, is built around that question. Each week, participants take their solution back to real users, then bring what they learned into the next session.

Participants will leave with evidence about their solution (or an honest reason to change it), mentors matched to their projects, a pitch grounded in testing, and a clear next step: build, pivot, or pause.

Open to students and young professionals in and around The Hague, solo or in teams, working on a social or environmental problem.

📅 Six Mondays, 26 October to 30 November · 16:00–19:00
📍 The Hague Humanity Hub, Fluwelen Burgwal 58
🎟️ Free · Apply by 18 October, selection announced 20 October
👉 Apply: https://ow.ly/efoG50ZWRiy

08/10/2026

Some of the most useful feedback comes from people who stand slightly outside.

The researcher who came to one event. The professional who knows the Hub by name but has never worked from it. The NGO that considered membership and decided the timing was not right.

Their perspectives are rarely captured, yet they are often the ones that reveal an organisation's blind spots. That is why the Hub Impact Evaluation is not only for members.
As The Hague Humanity Hub looks back on eight years of work, we want to hear from people across the peace and justice ecosystem who have engaged with the Hub occasionally, briefly, or not at all.

The survey takes no more than five minutes.

What you share will help shape how the Hub reaches and engages with the ecosystem in the years ahead.

Share your perspective by 23 October: https://ow.ly/bjYl50ZUU93

07/10/2026

2025 was a challenging year. The Hague's peace and justice ecosystem kept showing up for each other.

Funding cuts, rising humanitarian needs and real pressure on international cooperation shaped the year. So did 1,500+ introductions brokered at the Hub, new collective action on democracy and climate justice, and two weeks in June when more than 6,000 people joined the Just Peace Festival across the city.

Swipe through a few of the moments and numbers from our 2025 Annual Report. Yes, 36,000 cups of coffee were part of it ☕

Read the report here:
https://ow.ly/PGEC50ZQvpV

Become a member of the Hub:
https://ow.ly/rNKl50ZQvpw

06/10/2026

Eighty years ago, the International Court of Justice held its first sitting in The Hague. The promise it represents, peace and justice through law, is being tested in new ways today.

From 16 to 20 November, The Hague Justice Week 2026 asks what it will take to renew that promise, under the theme "80 Years and Beyond: Renewing the Promise of Peace and Justice through Law".

The first events of the programme are now online.

More than 50 organisations from 17 countries are already involved, from UN agencies and government bodies to NGOs, universities and legal networks. Sessions will take place in person, online and in hybrid formats, in The Hague, at partner locations across the Netherlands and internationally.

Many more events will be added in the coming weeks. Explore the first sessions and sign up to stay informed: https://ow.ly/SOyl50ZUTq9

Co-organised by the Municipality of The Hague and The Hague Humanity Hub.

Gemeente Den Haag The Hague International Centre

30/09/2026

How do you talk about peace when so many people around the world fear for their safety?

That was the question in the mind of many participants to the Just Peace Festival last June, in a city preparing to host the NATO Summit and in a year when conflict, climate breakdown, and inequality filled the headlines.

For two weeks, The Hague became an open forum. Conversations about peace moved through theatres, libraries, universities, neighbourhood spaces, and public squares: exhibitions, film screenings, dialogues, story circles, and even a bicycle parade. Children shared their own visions of peace through drawings at Amare.

The festival opened with a call for a broader idea of security, one built not on military spending alone, but on addressing the roots of conflict: inequality, exclusion, and injustice. As speaker Kumi Naidoo put it, "Pessimism is a luxury we cannot afford."

More than 6000 people took part. It was a reminder that trust in peace and justice is built not only through summits and declarations, but through the everyday experience of talking, listening, and imagining a different future together.

The full story is in our 2025 Annual Report.
Read it here https://ow.ly/CwNF50ZNnYb

29/09/2026

In 2018, The Hague Humanity Hub set out to build a home for the organisations working on peace and justice in this city. Eight years on, it is time to ask what that has meant.

Today we are launching the Hub Impact Evaluation: an independent look back at the Hub's work from 2018 to 2026.

What has worked? What has not? Which parts of the ecosystem has the Hub not yet reached?

The answers will help lay the foundation for the Hub's strategy for the coming years. We would rather build that strategy on real experience than on assumptions, so we are asking the people who know the ecosystem best.

The survey takes no more than five minutes. It is for anyone who has crossed paths with the Hub, whether you attend every event, visited the campus once, or only know the Hub by name. If you have never engaged with the Hub at all, your view on The Hague as a city of peace and justice still counts.

Looking back, so we can look forward with clarity.

Share your perspective by 15 October: https://ow.ly/7E0M50ZSHL1

23/09/2026

SAVE THE DATE: The Hague Justice Week | 16–20 November 2026
What does peace and justice through law mean in today's rapidly changing world?

Join us in the International City of Peace and Justice for a week of reflection, dialogue, and action. Inspired by the 80th anniversary of the International Court of Justice, this year’s theme is: "80 Years and Beyond: Renewing the Promise of Peace and Justice through Law."
With over 50 events across the city and online, The Hague Justice Week brings together policymakers, experts, students, and changemakers to tackle today’s most pressing global challenges.

What's next? The first activities will be announced very soon!
Mark your calendars, sign up for updates via the link below, and get ready to connect with the global community advancing the rule of law.

🔗 https://ow.ly/EhsK50ZQyFu��

The Hague Justice Week is organised by The Hague Humanity Hub and the Gemeente Den Haag

23/09/2026

Building collaboration across the ecosystem building can sound abstract. Here is what it looked like in practice in 2025.

Mercy Corps and Upinion connected through the Humanity Hub community. Mercy Corps brought field presence and deep contextual knowledge in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Upinion brought digital tools that let communities share feedback in real time.
Together, they built something neither could do alone: a way to strengthen two-way communication between crisis-affected communities and the humanitarian actors trying to reach them.

In Beni, digital channels gathered community input directly. In Irumu, where access and connectivity were harder, the partners relied on supported, in-person outreach. In both, that feedback shaped recommendations for future programming.

As Francis Albert Kamguem of Mercy Corps put it, ecosystem building is not abstract. Sometimes it means making the right introduction, at the right moment, so two organisations can do together what neither could alone.

This is one of the stories in our 2025 Annual Report. It is also a reminder of why a shared home for the ecosystem matters.

Read it here https://ow.ly/HVQt50ZNnlI

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