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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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Clooney Foundation for Justice launches new ‘Justice Beyond Borders’ mapping tool at The Hague Humanity Hub

By Thomas Ansell On February 7, 2023, the Clooney Foundation for Justice’s programme The Docket launched its new Justice Beyond Borders Tool: which intends to help survivors of atrocities achieve justice through the principle of Universal…
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Matt Barnaby, Tackling Messy Problems with ImpactBasis

By Sarah Bumberger On this edition of Humans of The Hub: Matt Barnaby, Director of ImpactBasis. He talks about how to get things done, and to help people to connect and collaborate to challenge the issues in both their work and personal…
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European Commission to open centre in The Hague to document war crimes committed in Ukraine

By Thomas Ansell The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced that an international centre to record and investigate war crimes committed in Ukraine will be opened in The Hague. Here is the readout of the speech announcing…
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