The International Criminal Court in The Hague will have a new headquarters
The Hague - The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague today presented a model of its new headquarters, which will be located on the edge of sandy dunes bordering the city. According to AP, the judicial complex will consist of six buildings and its construction will cost $92 million (1.7 billion crowns).
Danish architect Bjarne Hammer presented a model consisting of five rectangular buildings and one transparent block, which will house three or four courtrooms. The complex will be connected on the ground floor by passageways accessible to the public, leading to gardens and a mirror pool.
Hammer described the design as "an abstract informal structure in the landscape," whose open spaces will provide a view of the dunes behind the courthouse. The central park will be planted with flora and trees from all 110 member countries.
The first permanent war tribunal is currently housed in a building belonging to Dutch telecommunications and is located in the industrial area on the eastern edge of The Hague. The new courthouse will be built on a site where a military barracks once stood and is expected to be completed by the end of 2015.
Member states will need to contribute to the construction of the judicial complex, but it has not yet been announced how much. The court is not part of the UN.
The Danish architectural firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen won the competition for the new courthouse against architects from 171 countries.
The court was established in 2002 and is intended to prosecute war crimes that individual countries do not wish or cannot prosecute.
It has so far launched investigations into war crimes in Uganda, the Congo, the Central African Republic, and the Sudanese region of Darfur.
Four suspects are in the court's custody, with proceedings already initiated against three of them. Among the eight suspects who are still at large is Sudanese President Omar Bashir, for whom the ICC issued a warrant in March last year for alleged war crimes committed in Darfur. Also included are leaders of the Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), which has waged a guerrilla war against President Yoweri Museveni's government since 1986. It is notorious for massacres of civilians, mutilation of victims, and the abduction of thousands of children, who become new fighters or servants and sexual slaves for the rebels.
Danish architect Bjarne Hammer presented a model consisting of five rectangular buildings and one transparent block, which will house three or four courtrooms. The complex will be connected on the ground floor by passageways accessible to the public, leading to gardens and a mirror pool.
Hammer described the design as "an abstract informal structure in the landscape," whose open spaces will provide a view of the dunes behind the courthouse. The central park will be planted with flora and trees from all 110 member countries.
The first permanent war tribunal is currently housed in a building belonging to Dutch telecommunications and is located in the industrial area on the eastern edge of The Hague. The new courthouse will be built on a site where a military barracks once stood and is expected to be completed by the end of 2015.
Member states will need to contribute to the construction of the judicial complex, but it has not yet been announced how much. The court is not part of the UN.
The Danish architectural firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen won the competition for the new courthouse against architects from 171 countries.
The court was established in 2002 and is intended to prosecute war crimes that individual countries do not wish or cannot prosecute.
It has so far launched investigations into war crimes in Uganda, the Congo, the Central African Republic, and the Sudanese region of Darfur.
Four suspects are in the court's custody, with proceedings already initiated against three of them. Among the eight suspects who are still at large is Sudanese President Omar Bashir, for whom the ICC issued a warrant in March last year for alleged war crimes committed in Darfur. Also included are leaders of the Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), which has waged a guerrilla war against President Yoweri Museveni's government since 1986. It is notorious for massacres of civilians, mutilation of victims, and the abduction of thousands of children, who become new fighters or servants and sexual slaves for the rebels.
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