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Hague Academic Coalition

The Hague Academic Coalition (HAC) is a consortium of academic institutions in the fields of international relations, international law and international development.

The Coalition was established to promote collaborative efforts between these six institutions. Specifically, the HAC intends to promote research, education and public debate in support of the development of international policy, law, governance and international negotiations towards justice, peace and sustainable development.

As part of this broad objective, the HAC in particular seeks to support the work of the various international courts, tribunals and other international organisations based in The Hague. Joint HAC activities in support of this mission include:

  • annual conferences under the auspices of HAC, on topics of relevance given the mission statement, organised by members of the consortium
  • the provision of postgraduate and post-academic courses relevant to students and practitioners in the fields indicated above
  • scholarly and policy-orientated research as well as consultancy activities
  • publications
  • public events targeted at the international community in The Hague, aiming at practitioners and students of international law, diplomacy and development
  • managing the Hague Justice Portal.

Within the HAC’s present membership, the Carnegie Foundation (more specifically the Peace Palace Library), the Grotius Centre (Leiden University, Campus Den Haag), The Hague Institute for the internationalisation of Law and the T.M.C. Asser Instituut work in the field of international (and European) law, whereas the Clingendael Institute and the Institute of Social Studies focus on international relations, international political economy and development studies.


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