Who is eligible to attend MUNISH?

MUNISH is a high-school level conference, so eligibility is restricted to secondary-school students, typically attending as part of a school delegation rather than as individuals.

Where is the conference held?

MUNISH is hosted by the International School of The Hague, in The Hague, Netherlands — a city that is home to the International Court of Justice, the OPCW, and a dense cluster of other international institutions.

How large is the conference?

MUNISH operates at a scale closer to a mid-sized international conference than a school event, with a delegate body in the four-figure range drawn from across Europe and beyond.

What format does MUNISH use?

The conference runs over a multi-day weekend in autumn and uses a traditional UN committee structure, with delegates representing assigned countries across a range of General Assembly and specialised committees.

Part of the International School of The Hague Model UN series

International School of The Hague Model UN

Name: International School of The Hague Model UN
Start: 2026-11-06T00:00:00Z
End: 2026-11-08T00:00:00Z
Location: The Hague

The Hague, Netherlands · high-school

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Dates: Nov 6–2026 (day: 8)
Fee: TBD
Reg deadline: TBD
Delegates: 1,100
Language: English
Format: In-person

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Summary

The International School of The Hague Model United Nations, known as MUNISH, returns to the Dutch city that hosts more international institutions than almost anywhere else on Earth. Held over a long weekend in autumn, the conference draws high-school delegates from across Europe and beyond into a substantive simulation of the UN system. MUNISH is one of the longer-running high-school conferences in continental Europe, and its setting in The Hague — alongside the International Court of Justice, the OPCW, and Europol — gives the simulation an institutional weight that few other student conferences can match. The event remains aimed squarely at the high-school level, with a format built around large-committee diplomacy and a sizeable delegate body.

Why this edition matters in 2026

The Hague is not an accidental backdrop. For students who want to understand how international law, multilateral negotiation, and the machinery of the United Nations actually function, the city is a working laboratory. MUNISH leverages that proximity, and the conference's longevity means its committee design and procedural culture have been refined across many editions. The scale of the event matters too. With a delegate body in the four figures, MUNISH operates more like a mid-sized international conference than a school-club gathering. That changes the experience: caucuses are larger, blocs form faster, and the quality of debate hinges on how well a delegate can hold the floor against well-prepared peers from across the continent. For European circuits in particular, MUNISH functions as a benchmark. Schools that send delegations here often use the conference to calibrate where their programs stand against the strongest international-school MUN traditions in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and the UK.

How to prepare

Preparation for MUNISH should start with the host city itself. Delegates who walk in understanding what the Peace Palace actually does, how the ICJ differs from the ICC, and why so many treaty bodies sit in The Hague will find their position papers reading less like homework and more like policy. The conference rewards that contextual fluency. Because the delegate pool is large and international, generic policy lines do not survive long. Strong preparation means knowing not just your assigned country's stated position, but the two or three states most likely to challenge it, and the procedural tools — motions, amendments, unmoderated caucusing — that let you protect your position when the room turns. Finally, delegates should plan for a multi-day arc rather than a single committee session. The best MUNISH performances tend to come from delegates who pace their interventions, build coalitions early, and save their sharpest material for when voting blocs are actually forming.

Eligibility deep-dive

Level: high-school
Age: —
Team size: —
Country quota: Open

Schedule & deadlines

Conference
Nov 6, 2026 – Nov 8, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Who is eligible to attend MUNISH?
MUNISH is a high-school level conference, so eligibility is restricted to secondary-school students, typically attending as part of a school delegation rather than as individuals.
Where is the conference held?
MUNISH is hosted by the International School of The Hague, in The Hague, Netherlands — a city that is home to the International Court of Justice, the OPCW, and a dense cluster of other international institutions.
How large is the conference?
MUNISH operates at a scale closer to a mid-sized international conference than a school event, with a delegate body in the four-figure range drawn from across Europe and beyond.
What format does MUNISH use?
The conference runs over a multi-day weekend in autumn and uses a traditional UN committee structure, with delegates representing assigned countries across a range of General Assembly and specialised committees.

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