The Hague Journal on the Rule of Law (HJRL), recently ranked 8th among law journals worldwide, has released a special issue dedicated to the question: ‘What is Xi Jinping thought on rule of law?’ The issue brings together nine articles examining how the Chines...

In a new article for Just Security, James Patrick Sexton analyses recent proposals made for states to take sanctions against Israel. He concludes that international law permits the creation of certain sanctions against Israel, and that the obligation to preven...

From 11–13 September, a delegation from the Asser Institute attended the 2025 Annual European Society of International Law (ESIL) Conference, organised by the Institute of International and European Union Law at Freie Universität Berlin. This year’s conference...

The promise of artificial intelligence (AI) is ubiquitous and compelling, yet can it truly deliver ‘better’ speed, accuracy, and decision making in the conduct of war? As AI becomes increasingly embedded in military targeting processes, legal and ethical debat...

In a new book titled “Ready to Play?” – A Children’s Rights Analysis of Gambling-like Elements in Videogames (Asser Press/Springer), author Pieterjan Declerck (Ghent University) argues that the videogame industry should tackle the growing risks of gambling-lik...

The T.M.C. Asser Instituut is welcoming abstracts for a workshop on ‘International Legal Resonance’. Convened by researchers Carl Lewis and Gabriele Chlevickaite, the workshop will take place on Thursday 26 February 2026, at the Asser Institute in The Hague. ...

When the International Court of Justice stressed the essential role of states' ‘obligation to co-operate’ in its advisory opinion on climate change of 23 July 2025, the pronouncement inevitably carried a deep sense of appeal for solidarity in the seas of geopo...

When it comes to confronting the dark chapters of colonial history, European nations are trying different approaches. A surprising finding suggests that sometimes saying ‘sorry’ works better than passing laws. A new article by Ulad Belavusau (Asser Institute),...

In a new policy brief for the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT), researcher Niki Siampakou (Asser Institute) examines how authoritarian regimes are increasingly engaging in transnational repression – the practice of reaching across borders to s...