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On 5 November, the Hub hosted Richard de Mos, Alderman for Economy and International Affairs at The Hague Humanity Hub and help him to get acquainted with the ecosystem for peace and justice.

In Serbia, a student-led movement has translated years of protest into an electoral breakthrough. In Albania, protests that began around a controversial investment project have grown into broader demands concerning corruption, education and political accountability. Although the two movements are at different stages, both raise a fundamental question: what does it take for citizens to turn demands for change into a more accountable political system?

From growing up under apartheid to defending international justice, the South African jurist’s Nobel Peace Prize comes as the US escalates its campaign against the International Criminal Court.

Every year, as COP approaches, cities around the world host their own climate weeks. New York and London are among the most well-known, while Brussels and Bangkok are growing, and in just a few weeks it’s our turn here in The Hague. But how can you make the most out of a climate week?

Lars Peter Nissen is the CEO of ACAPS, an independent organisation providing analysis for crisis response worldwide. Driven by a belief that the humanitarian sector must tell the story of the people it is not reaching, Lars Peter has spent decades working in crisis settings, from El Salvador to Afghanistan, and still urges professionals to question the rules and drop the hero narrative.

Gender-based violence remains a major problem in Malawi, with reports showing that around 40% of women experience some form of abuse in their lifetime. In this edition, we welcomed Elizabeth Molloy, an Irish gender studies educator and consultant, for a conversation on a question rarely asked about Malawi: who actually pays for its peace?

Water is often treated as a technical issue: how much is available, how to manage it and how to keep it clean. But as drought and water scarcity put increasing pressure on the Netherlands, decisions about water increasingly involve choices between competing interests. At this edition of #DemocracyDrinks in collaboration with Blue Drinks, we explored what those choices mean for democratic decision-making: from how water is shared and who pays for its management, to how local decisions connect to wider European water systems.

On 20 September, The Hague opened its doors for Just Peace Open Day. Here's what a day with the Peace Palace, the ICC and Justice & Peace showed me about the people working for peace and justice.

"I’ve spent the bulk of my working life getting people, businesses and entrepreneurs to care about climate change. This summer I got round to some long-delayed reading about the trajectory of AI and the ethics and safety conversations around it, and something started nagging me. To my utter surprise, given I thought I was learning about a completely new field, much of what I read seemed… quite familiar."