What role should the private sector play in peace and justice: Recap of our peace&justice café

On Thursday 14 April, professionals from The Hague’s public, private, and non-profit sectors came together in a hybrid event to highlight the role the private sector can, should, and does play in driving a more peaceful and just world.   Photo…

Korea Future: North Korean Prison Database – April 2022 Launch 

A new resource for human rights activists and accountability researchers has been launched at the Humanity Hub. The North Korean Prison Database provides a first-time look at the details of nearly 600 perpetrators linked to more than 5000 human…

A Call for Drastic Action to Achieve a Green, Inclusive and Equitable World for All – The Dutch SDG Barometer 2022

By Sarah Bumberger “Humanity is on a highway to climate hell with its foot on the accelerator”, stated UN Secretary-General António Guterres at COP27. The adoption of the 2030 Agenda by all 193 UN Member States in 2015 was intended…

The Hague Humanity Hub is hiring! Just Peace Communications & Project Officer

Vacancy Just Peace Communications & Project Officer  Start date: as soon as possible -  until 31-12-2023 (with possibility of extension)   16-24 hrs per week on a freelance base   Are you the key part…

TMC Asser Institute and KABK team up for photo exhibition ‘The Daily Life of Human Rights’ at The Hague Humanity Hub

By Thomas Ansell Human rights, universal human value, and equality before the law are all rooted in principles, which have been alternately developed, codified, debated, and held up as the peak of human intellectual achievement at various…

Digital Art Exhibition: “Exposure, Solidarity, Resistance: Photographing the Daily Life of Human Rights” 

By Sarah Bumberger The Hague Humanity Hub is honoured to be working with the TMC Asser Institute and the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague (KABK) on the opening of "Exposure, Solidarity, Resistance", a thought-provoking series of images…

Ukrainian city and civil society delegation visit The Hague Humanity Hub to discuss rebuilding and recovery

As part of a visit to the The Hague and Rotterdam, a Ukrainian delegation visited The Hague Humanity Hub to discuss recovery, reconstruction, and rebuilding for occupied and damaged regions following the Russian invasion one year ago this week.…

How can we reorient the financial system away from fossil fuels? We spoke to Umme Hoque of The Sunrise Project to find out!

By Thomas Ansell The Sunrise Project’s new Finance Action Organisers Network initiative aims to shift global finance beyond fossil fuels, cut off new fossil projects from the global financial system that supports them and hasten the transition…
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Alex Haas, Building Stronger Local Communities with Haagse Helpers

By Sarah Bumberger Today's episode is all about local impact: Alex Haas, founder of Haagse Helpers, talks about how to improve the lives of people with little or no social network through volunteering here in The Hague: MEET ALEX  Why…

UN Centre for Humanitarian Data report: HDX platform used by 1.5 million people in 2022

February 2023: The Humanitarian Data Centre of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which manages the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) platform, has published a report on the state of ‘open humanitarian…

The Hague Humanity Hub hosts over 150 peacebuilders, policy makers, and practitioners at the Peace & Justice Reception 2023 

By Thomas Ansell  On February 2 more than 150 figures from the world of Peace & Justice came together at The Hague Humanity Hub for an evening of networking and finding new opportunities for collaboration.   Perhaps…

How technology impacts human rights and freedoms, including the use of AI and advanced technologies: Do we need to rethink human rights? An interview with Afef Abrougui of Fair Tech 

By Thomas Ansell In 2021, there were an estimated 6.3 billion smartphone subscriptions around the world, whilst the IBM Global AI Adoption Index for 2022 estimated that more than 37% of companies worldwide utilise AI in their processes.…