He has been a state councillor, a politician, the longest serving minister of Justice in the Netherlands since the early 19th century, president of the T.M.C. Asser Institute, but above all, he is a legal scholar and a jurist. Later this month, Ernst Hirsch Ba...

Prof. Dr. Thilo Marauhn (58) has been appointed Extraordinary Professor of International Arms Control Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). Marauhn will conduct research on international arms control agreements and their compliance. T...

The T.M.C. Asser Instituut invites professionals to apply to the Nuffic MENA Scholarship Programme (MSP)  to attend our 2022 summer law programme on International criminal law and international legal & comparative approaches to counter-terrorism (31 May – ...

On 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...

Following the events of 11 September 2001, the prevention and pre-emption of acts of terrorism became a priority for governments around the globe, both at domestic and international levels. This led to a transnational counter-terrorism campaign known as the ‘W...

Rebecca 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...

The 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’...

The 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...

Do 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 ...