RN Documentary: Law and Peace Part I
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From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Length: 00:29:30
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In the first of a two part series Chris Chambers examines why The Hague has become one of the world centers for International Law. In this first program he looks at the 1899 peace conference in the city, organized by the Czar of Russia, and which led to the world?s very first international court.
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Script: Law and Peace.
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May 1899. The Hague in The Netherlands. One hundred delegates from twenty-four nations have come together for three months. Diplomats rub shoulders with lawyers who sit next to generals and naval commanders. Baron de Staal, the head of the Russina delegation and the chairman of the conference stands up and begins his opening speech.
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It is not for us to enter into the domain of Utopia. In the work we are about to undertake we must consider what is possible; we must not devote ourselves to the pursuit of abstractions. Without sacrificing any of our future hopes, we must remain in the land of reality, sound its very depths, so as to lay foundations and build on a practical basis.
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We must remain in the land of reality he says. But the effects of an international conflict echo far and w...
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