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[New updates] Foreign Terrorist Fighters Knowledge Hub

The Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTF) Knowledge Hub, an open-access online resource developed by the T.M.C. Asser Instituut and the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT), has just been updated to incorporate recent developments surrounding states’ r...

[City of Peace and Justice] Hague project seeks to bridge peace and justice gap with youth

The Hague, globally known as the International City of Peace and Justice, is grappling with a disconnect between its prestigious international institutions and its younger residents. A new project, "Youth in the City of Peace and Justice," aims to bridge this ...

[New recording] ASIL 2025 closing plenary: Can arms trade bring about peace?

The world is rearming. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, world military expenditure rose 9.4 per cent in real terms to $2718 billion in 2024. Against this backdrop, the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Internation...

Experts urge immediate safeguards on military use of AI Decision-Support systems

A group of leading legal scholars has called on the international community to urgently regulate the use of artificial intelligence-based decision-support systems (AI-DSS) in military operations, warning that current frameworks fail to address the profound ris...

[Call for papers] Early career workshop on EU external relations law: reviving multilateralism – what role for the EU?

The T.M.C. Asser Instituut, the Centre for the Law of EU External Relations (CLEER), Utrecht University and the University of Groningen are pleased to announce the Early career workshop on ‘EU external relations law: reviving multilateralism – what role for th...

[Interview] Klaudia Klonowska: “The calls for ‘human judgement’ in AI warfare are not matched by developments in military defence”

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to shape the future of military operations, Asser Institute PhD researcher Klaudia Klonowska discusses how machine learning is rapidly transforming military decision-making, particularly in terms of AI-enabled decision...

[New publication] The EU and questions of ‘territory’ under public international law

Territory is a cardinal concept of international law and it is intrinsically linked to core tenets thereof, including sovereignty, Statehood and jurisdiction. However, despite its centrality, the concept of ‘territory’ is not often discussed in international l...

[Call for papers] Early career conference on humanitarian disarmament

The Asser Institute has announced its ‘Early career conference on humanitarian disarmament' to be held July 10-11, 2025 in The Hague. Doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers are invited to submit 250-word abstracts on the topic of ‘humanitarian disarm...

Mongolian judicial academy and Asser Institute sign cooperation agreement

The Judicial Training, Research and Information Academy of Mongolia and the Asser Institute in The Hague have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, establishing a framework for bilateral cooperation in judicial training and research. Last month, a delegation ...