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[Opening Academic Year] Sharing ideas to help shape a post-COVID world
31 August 2021On these last days of August, I would like to extend my best wishes for the new academic year. I sincerely hope you had some time to slow down and managed to turn away from the ‘life of Zoom’ that characterised our last academic year. In this new academic year...
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[Interview] Researcher Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi: “States have used the law as a tool to legitimise intrusive security practices, which put individual liberties at risk”
16 August 2021 By Megan Gethin & Zofia KostrzewaRebecca Mignot-Mahdavi is a counter-terrorism researcher, whose work focuses on our evolving legal and policy capacity to deal with security threats. In a number of recent publications, Mignot-Mahdavi questioned the legality of France’s air strikes in the Sahe...
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Call for papers: ‘Ecocide as an international crime? Perspectives from domestic and international law’
11 August 2021The International Crimes Database, powered by the Asser Institute, invites submissions of short articles for publication in the online paper series ‘ICD Briefs’ on the theme: ‘Ecocide as an International Crime? Perspectives from Domestic and International Law’...
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[Annual Report 2020] ‘The year of Zoom’
28 July 2021The Asser Institute Annual Report 2020 is now online. The report will give you an insight into the depth, diversity and impact of our research, training, publications and other educational activities. With another year behind us, the Asser Institute wants to...
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[ New scholarships available ] Join our Disarmament and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction training
27 July 2021Do you live in a low or lower-middle income country like Bolivia, Tunesia or Bangladesh? And is your work related to weapons of mass destruction? You may be eligible for a scholarship to attend our renowned Disarmament and non-proliferation of weapons of mass ...