T H E H A G U E
Where Law Shapes Institutional Work.Where Law And Diplomacy Shape Institutional Work.Where Law
And Diplomacy
Shape Institutional Work.
Legal and diplomatic work: international courts, ministries and NGOs in a quiet administrative city.Legal and diplomatic work defines The Hague: international courts, ministries, NGOs and peace-and-security organisations in a quiet administrative city.
E C O N O M I C D E N S I T Y
Legal Work At Treaty Scale.
Most professional work in The Hague is institutional: international courts, foreign missions and Dutch ministries, with no large trading sector beside them.
International law
and diplomacy seat
Sources: Municipality of The Hague / Dutch institutional briefings.
Protocol is a working skill here.
Employers want people who can write for a court, a cabinet and a coalition partner alike.Employers look for people who can write for a court, a cabinet and a coalition partner and get the tone right for each. Many organisations are international by mandate.
C I T Y P O R T R A I T
Use The City AsContext, Not As APromise.
Courts And Missions
International justice, the Dutch government and NGOs all work within the same administrative city.
File Discipline
Keep versions of every document, cite your sources and know who is allowed to see a draft.