The Portal was officially launched by Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands in The Hague on 6 April 2006.

The management of the Portal was transferred to a committee led by Philipp Amann on 1 March 2014 and a new stream-lined version of the website was created.

[4][5] Academic Research: This is the focal point of the Portal where court documents, commentaries, articles, press releases and an important bibliography of books are accessible.

The second one is called the DomCLIC project, which is a pilot for an ever-expanding database of domestic jurisprudence relating to international criminal law from countries all over the world.

Visitors also have access to a vacancy list of job opportunities in the city, including legal and justice-related employment and internship positions.

[11][12] Information is also easily available on such important cases as that of Slobodan Milošević, Charles G. Taylor, Thomas Lubanga Dyilo and Vojislav Šešelj.