Tuesday we visited The Hague, which is where the International Criminal Court (ICC) is located. While there, we listened to a couple of lectures regarding the functions of the ICC and their political and social implications. During the lecture, the speaker thoroughly explained the interworkings of the beaureaucratic establishment that is the ICC.
After our visit at the ICC, we hopped on the train and ventured to the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI). At the NIDI, we met with a demographer; he also described himself as a sociologist. He gave us a lecture on the population trends and fertility rates in the Netherlands. He also talked about how current immigration is affecting the Netherlands; paying particular attention to the Muslim population. This topic furthered the discussion into topics of integration versus assimilation. It made me think about the Netherlands policy in comparison with the United States;what is working and what isn't.
I feel the speaker effectively communicated his research and thoughts on the Netherlands policies and I left the NIDI thinking about the implications of underpopulation and overpopulation.
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