A core business of Judicap and a major feature to achieve its ends is the arrangement of exhibitions. They vary in nature and character and may be permanent, temporary or traveling. We have arranged expositions at home and abroad and at the invitation of public and private parties alike. A survey of exhibitions offered over past years may illustrate the wide range of options.
Women For Peace
In 2013 Judicap arranged an exposition on Women and Peace (‘Vrouwen en Vrede’) in the Atrium in The Hague at the invitation of The Hague Municipality. In ten frames a survey was presented of Bertha von Suttner’s campaigns against war, the Red Cross Conventions, the 19th century anti-war and social justice movements, women’s lib, and the massive demonstrations arranged in The Hague during WW I by the International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace headed by Aletta Jacobs, Jane Addams and Emily Greene Balch.
A series of lectures and a monograph on Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Bertha Von Suttner (1905) accompanied this exhibition. See Publications.
A Grotian Moment
In 2012 arranged an exhibition and lectures in the New Chrurch in Delft (NL) to commemorate the Grotius Celebration on July 4, 1899 initiated by the U.S. Delegation to the First Hague Peace Conference
Feodor Martens
In 2007-2009 Judicap organised an exhibition on Feodor Martens and the Hague Tradition in Pärnu and Talinn (Estonia) in collaboration with the local Historical Museums. These were the corrolaries of earlier projects which earned Dr. Eyffinger the honorary citizenship (freedom) of Pärnu in 2003.
An Australian Tour
Throughout August-December 2006 JUDICAP arranged an exhibition and a series of lectures and presentations on international law and peace studies at Australian universities and research centres, at the invitation of the Australian Institute of Comparative Legal Systems (AUICLS). Seminars were given on The Hague as an international centre, on the history of international law, on Dutch 17th century society and art, and on political science.
The Hague in Moscow
In May 2006, at the invitation of the Hague City Executive, JUDICAP and the Hague Municipal Archives presented The Hague with an exhibition in the Dom Musika in Moscow in the wider context of a cultural week dedicated to The Hague in the capital of the Russian Federation.
Peace Education at the Museon
As from December 2005 JUDICAP was involved in an advisory role in the arrangement of a permanent exhibition centre for youngsters and schools in the Museon (Museum of Education) in The Hague, featuring the city as an international centre of peace and security. This project was sponsored by the Hague Municipality.
A Peace Legend in The Hague
In December 2005, at the invitation of the International Peace Bureau in Geneva and the Austrian Embassy in The Hague, and with a grant from The Hague Municipality, JUDICAP arranged an exhibition in the Public Library in The Hague to commemorate the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905 to the Austrian pacifist and feminist Bertha von Suttner. Lectures and debates accompanied this exhibition.
The Hague International Exhibition Centre
In 2005, at the invitation of the Bureau of International Affairs of the Hague Municipality, Judicap launched a permanent exposition Centre on The Hague as an international venue in City Hall. The centre highlighted the political, cultural, diplomatic and legal history of The Hague in a range of physical and multimedia presentations. An explanatory Guide and a range of factsheets accompanied this exhibition, which was discontinued in 2010.
Leyden and The Hague
In June 2005 JUDICAP arranged a jubilee exposition at the Hague Headquarters of the Law Faculty of Leiden University to celebrate the University Lustrum (1575-2005). The exhibition featured the history of the relationship between Leiden University and the Hague world of parliament, diplomacy and (international) judiciary. Leiden professors of international law from various phases of history were highlighted. The exhibition was accompanied by lectures and a powerpoint presentation
Prins Maurits en Hugo de Groot: een drama in beeld
From November 2004 to February 2005 JUDICAP arranged an exhibition in the Municipal Museum in Gorcum (Netherlands) featuring history prints, rare books and manuscripts highlighting the troubled relationship between Hugo Grotius (the foremost lawyer and intellectual of the early Dutch Republic) and its Captain-General, Prince Maurice of Orange. A catalogue was produced [see publications] and lectures and powerpoint presentations were arranged.
Loevestein Castle, State Prison
Over 2004-05, JUDICAP was involved in an advisory and editorial capacity in the presentation at Loevestein Castle of the prominent role the castle played as a state prison in the days of the Dutch Republic, that is, from the days of the Dutch Revolt and the Remonstrant troubles up to the Napoleonic Era, and highlighting the imprisonment of Hugo Grotius among others.
Voor Vrede Kun je Kiezen / Peace is a Choice
In January 2004 JUDICAP arranged an Exhibition (“Peace is a Choice”) at the Mesdag Museum in The Hague to celebrate the centennial of the Carnegie Foundation [1904-2004], the foundation that administers the Peace Palace. A jubilee book was produced to commemorate this event.
The Hague, International Centre of Justice and Peace
In 2003, at the invitation of the Dutch Ministry for Foreign Affairs and occasioned by the chairmanship of the Netherlands of the OSCE, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe in Vienna, JUDICAP arranged an exhibition on The Hague as an International Centre of Justice and Peace. The exhibition was on display in:
A catalogue to accompany the exhibition was published by Jongbloed Booksellers and Publishers in The Hague. This catalogue which presents a comprehensive survey of the Hague-based international organs and institutions, has proved to be extremely helpful for educational purposes and saw a second edition early in 2006. (see Publications)
