Our day began at the architecturally exquisite Atrium City Hall.
Everywhere you walk inside you feel engulfed by outside light shining through countless windows.

A representative of the Atrium City Hall escorted us to an upper floor of the massive structure. We heard from Pepjin Zagman, Public Advisor for International Affairs and then Maurice Pourchez, Senior Public Officer/Assistant to the Ambassador for International Organizations for The Hague Municipality. Our speakers gave informative lectures on the workings of the municipality followed by questions from our illustrious group. Janice inquired about the crime rate, the population of The Hague and afterwards I asked the city’s representative about homelessness.

We traveled by public transportation to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Our lecturer was the Political Affairs Director. organization monitors the Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993. It prohibits the stockpiling and production of forbidden chemical weapons. OPCW destroys chemical weapons and conducts inspections to verify that ratified treaties are adhered to.

We were pleasantly surprised by a visiting group of sixteen inquisitive young people from South Korea for the lecture and power point presentation on the history, and raisin d’atre of the OPCW.

After lunch we strolled through the International Zone with Julian. As we stood in the global nucleus between Europol (the European version of Interpol), the World Forum and The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) Julian brilliantly presented us with a moral dilemma regarding domestic violence in preparation for our visit at the IRMCT.