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=Peace Palace=

Hague
The Peace Palace is a building located in The Hague, Netherlands. It was constructed there between the years 1907 to 1913 and was officially completed on August 28, 1913. A competition was held to decide who would construct the Peace Palace. French architect Louis M. Cordonnier submitted the winning design, but that design was later altered due to a smaller budget. Another competition was held to design the grounds. This was won by Thomas Hayton Mason. The budgets for this were also cut, though, causing several fountains and statues to be removed. The reason the building was constructed was to house the Permanent Court of Arbitration, or PCA. The purpose of the PCA was to settle debates about things like human rights and sovereignty. In 1922, the Permanent Court of International Justice began sharing occupancy inside the Peace Palace in correspondence with the League of Nations. However, in 1946, when the League of Nations disbanded, so did the Permanent Court of International Justice. Soon there after, the United Nations was formed and along with that came the International Court of Justice, or ICJ. On April 8, 2014, the Peace Palace won the European Heritage Label award.

Nowadays, the Peace Palace doesn't do the exact same things it did in the past, but most of the things haven't changed. The ICJ almost works as the supreme court for the United Nations. It is the main judiciary branch they have. The Peace Palace is a huge part of European government and global government, causing it to have a major impact on the entire world.