Permanent Court of Arbitration
The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) is a non-UN intergovernmental organization headquartered at the Peace Palace, in The Hague, Netherlands. Unlike a judicial court in the traditional sense, the PCA provides administrative support in international arbitrations involving various combinations of States, State entities, international organizations and private parties. The cases span a range of legal issues involving territorial and maritime boundaries, sovereignty, human rights, international investment, and international and regional trade. The PCA is constituted through two separate multilateral conventions with a combined membership of 122 Contracting Parties. The PCA is not a United Nations agency,
but has been a United Nations observer since 1993.
Seat of the PCA: The Peace Palace ("Vredespaleis"), The Hague.
PCA courtroom.
Public Hearing in PCA Case No. 2015-28, the Enrica Lexie Incident (Italy v. India)
Prinsegracht 71, The Hague, a building dating from about 1728, which was the seat of the PCA between 1901 and 1913, when the construction of the Peace Palace was completed.
The Peace Palace is an international law administrative building in The Hague, the Netherlands. It houses the International Court of Justice, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), The Hague Academy of International Law and the Peace Palace Library.
The Peace Palace, The Hague
Carnegie and the original plan of the Peace Palace
Inside the Peace Palace
Main hall of the Peace Palace. The background is the entrance of the Courtroom of the International Court of Justice.