Solemn sitting on the occasion of the eightieth anniversary of the inaugural sitting of the International Court of Justice

Friday 17 April 2026

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Friday 17 April 2026

Solemn sitting on the occasion of the eightieth anniversary of the inaugural sitting of the International Court of Justice

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Covershots produced on 17 April (floor sound)

Friday 17 April 2026
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Address by His Excellency Judge Iwasawa Yuji, President of the International Court of Justice (floor sound)

Friday 17 April 2026
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Address by His Excellency Mr António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations (floor sound)

Friday 17 April 2026
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Address by Her Excellency Ms Annalena Baerbock, President of the United Nations General Assembly (floor sound)

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Address by His Excellency Mr Tom Berendsen, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands (floor sound)

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Address by His Excellency Mr Jamal Alrowaiei, President of the United Nations Security Council (floor sound)

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Solemn sitting on the occasion of the eightieth anniversary of the inaugural sitting of the International Court of Justice

Friday 17 April 2026
Photograph: UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Frank van Beek. Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.

Solemn sitting on the occasion of the eightieth anniversary of the inaugural sitting of the International Court of Justice

Friday 17 April 2026
Photograph: UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Frank van Beek. Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.

Solemn sitting on the occasion of the eightieth anniversary of the inaugural sitting of the International Court of Justice

Friday 17 April 2026
Photograph: UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Frank van Beek. Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.

From left to right: His Excellency Mr Jamal Alrowaiei, President of the United Nations Security Council, Her Excellency Ms Annalena Baerbock, President of the United Nations General Assembly, His Excellency Mr António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, His Excellency Mr Tom Berendsen, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Her Excellency Ms Mei Li Vos, President of the Senate of the Netherlands, and Her Excellency Ms Ingrid Michon-Derkzen, Vice-President of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands

Friday 17 April 2026
Photograph: UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Frank van Beek. Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.

The President of the Court, His Excellency Judge Iwasawa Yuji

Friday 17 April 2026
Photograph: UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Frank van Beek. Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.

Address by His Excellency Mr António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations

Friday 17 April 2026
Photograph: UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Frank van Beek. Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.

Address by Her Excellency Ms Annalena Baerbock, President of the United Nations General Assembly

Friday 17 April 2026
Photograph: UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Frank van Beek. Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.

Address by His Excellency Mr Tom Berendsen, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Friday 17 April 2026
Photograph: UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Frank van Beek. Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.

Address by His Excellency Mr Jamal Alrowaiei, President of the United Nations Security Council

Friday 17 April 2026
Photograph: UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Frank van Beek. Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.

Musical interlude performed by students of the Royal Conservatory, The Hague

Friday 17 April 2026
Photograph: UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Frank van Beek. Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.

Musical interlude performed by students of the Royal Conservatory, The Hague

Friday 17 April 2026
Photograph: UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Frank van Beek. Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.

From left to right: His Excellency Judge Iwasawa, President of the Court, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, and His Excellency Mr Philippe Gautier, Registrar of the Court

Friday 17 April 2026
Photograph: UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Frank van Beek. Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.

From left to right: His Excellency Mr Jamal Alrowaiei, President of the United Nations Security Council, Her Excellency Ms Annalena Baerbock, President of the United Nations General Assembly, His Excellency Judge Iwasawa Yuji, President of the International Court of Justice, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, His Excellency Mr António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, His Excellency Mr Tom Berendsen, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, and His Excellency Mr Philippe Gautier, Registrar of the International Court of Justice

Friday 17 April 2026
Photograph: UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Frank van Beek. Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.

First row, from left to right: His Excellency Mr Jamal Alrowaiei, President of the United Nations Security Council, Her Excellency Ms Annalena Baerbock, President of the United Nations General Assembly, His Excellency Judge Iwasawa Yuji, President of the International Court of Justice, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, His Excellency Mr António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, and His Excellency Mr Tom Berendsen, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Second and third rows: Members and Registrar of the Court

Friday 17 April 2026
Photograph: UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Frank van Beek. Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.

His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands signs the Visitors’ Book of the Court

Friday 17 April 2026
Photograph: UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Frank van Beek. Courtesy of the ICJ. All rights reserved.
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