On a recent personal trip to Copenhagen I visited Christiansborg Palace, the home of the Danish Parliament.  This was particularly thrilling for me as someone who is a big fan of the Danish TV show Borgen.  Borgen is the nickname for Christiansborg Palace and means “the Castle”. The first castle on this site was built […]

Through their Intern Lecture Series, the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) at the ICTY ensures that interns are exposed to different aspects of the work undertaken by the OTP. The program of 14 lectures is run twice per year to ensure that most interns are able to attend all 14 lectures. So far I have […]

Recently, I met with Judge James Crawford SC, an eminent Australian jurist currently serving as a judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).  Judge Crawford commenced his nine year term as one of the Court’s fifteen judges in February this year. He is only the second Australian to serve as a judge of the ICJ.  […]

On 3 June, the ICTY Prosecutor, Mr Serge Brammertz presented the 23rd completion strategy report by the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) to the United Nations Security Council.  In his report, which covered the period from 16 November 2015 to 15 May 2015, the Prosecutor detailed the progress the OTP has made towards the completion […]

On my way to work, I pass the Binnenhof (Inner Court), a square in the centre of The Hague around which the buildings of the Dutch Parliament are located. The oldest buildings in the Binnenhof were built in the early 13th century making it the oldest house of parliament in the world still in use. […]

On 7 April, I commenced a six month internship in the Immediate Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).  The Tribunal was established by the United Nations in 1993 to deal with the war crimes that took place during the conflicts in the Balkans throughout the 1990s. The […]

As someone with an interest in international law it was exciting for me to undertake a tour of the Peace Palace (Vredespaleis) in The Hague last weekend.  The Peace Palace is known as the seat of international law as it houses the International Court of Justice (the UN’s primary judicial body), the Permanent Court of […]

In the Netherlands, 27 April is a national holiday known as Koningsdag (King’s Day).  On this day, Dutch people celebrate the birthday of their head of state, King Willem-Alexander. The day was originally known as Prinsessedag (Princess’s Day) and then Koninginnedag (Queen’s Day) but changed to Koningsdag in 2014 after King Willem-Alexander ascended the throne […]

As a 2014 recipient of the Enid Dowling Foundation Bursary, I have now commenced a six month internship in The Hague. The Hague is the seat of government in the Netherlands and is also known as the Legal Capital of the World and the International City of Peace and Justice. I will provide a more […]