Legal Cities of the World

The Hague

The international city of peace and justice

The Hague, in the Netherlands, is home to the International Court of Justice, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the International Criminal Court, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the Hague Conference on Private International Law and the International Residual Mechanism, among many other bodies.

• Seat of the ICJ, PCA and ICC.

Geneva

Human rights and humanitarian law

Geneva, Switzerland, hosts the UN Human Rights Council, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the World Trade Organization and the World Intellectual Property Organization, and gave its name to the Geneva Conventions.

• Seat of the WTO and WIPO.

Strasbourg

Human rights in Europe

Strasbourg, France, is home to the European Court of Human Rights and the Council of Europe, and is one of the official seats of the European Parliament.

Luxembourg

The law of the European Union

Luxembourg City is the seat of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Auditors.

Arusha

Justice in Africa

Arusha, Tanzania, hosted the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and is the seat of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights and the East African Court of Justice.