The Hague Institute for Global Justice
14 | Current Work
By using mobile phones to document traditional water
usage rules and conflict settlements, and by monitoring the
implementation of court decisions, transparency should create
the credibility needed for sustainable results. It also raises
awareness of the relationship between water scarcity and
conflict and the possibilities for conflict settlement.
Another key recommendation covers developing mobile
water courts to bridge the gap between formal and traditional
conflict resolution mechanisms. These courts will bring legal
solutions to isolated areas, thus providing education about
appropriate law in specific conflict settings. It will also provide
expert advice to resolve conflicts outside of court, such as
mediation, which might de-escalate potential violent conflicts.
To learn more about the Institute’s work on Yemen, visit:
TheHagueInstitute.org/yemen
“ oncern for international
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order must include a concern
for justice, and vice versa.”
Dr Williams further remarked that: “Our collective challenge
is to build a new order which guards against conflict, but in
so doing puts the security of the world’s peoples – and not
just the states in which they live – front and center.”
Previous Marchant Lecturers include Gunter Pauli, Pankaj
Ghemawat, Philipp Blom and Susan Neiman. Dutch MEP
Marietje Schaake delivered the response to the lecture
by Dr. Williams.
President’s Office
Global Governance
Marchant Lecture
Global Governance
Reform Initiative
On 13 November, 2014, Dr. Abiodun Williams, President of
The Hague Institute for Global Justice, delivered the 2014
Marchant Lecture at De Rode Hoed in Amsterdam. In this
lecture, organized by the Hans van Mierlo Foundation, and
titled “Order with Justice: The Challenge for the World”,
Dr. Williams noted that international order is not possible
without justice. It is equally true that, without order, justice
will never be secure.
Dr. Williams elaborated on that topic in the context of the
developments of the past years in which the international
order has come under severe strain, from both states and
non-state actors. The relationship between order and justice
is clear, said