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[Global City project] Defence day for two Asser PhD researchers

As the academic year draws to a close, the T.M.C. Asser Instituut celebrates two PhD candidates, Yehonatan Elazar-DeMota and Lisa Roodenburg, defending their dissertations. Tomorrow, Tuesday 8 June (12:00 hours CET), Yehonatan Elazar-DeMota will defend his the...

[In the media] Final ruling for Mladić on genocide conviction

Today, the international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague will give its final ruling on the Ratko Mladiç case. Asser researcher Sofia Stolk gave her comments on the case in an interview with news agency Associated Press. In 201...

[Interview] Researcher Chukwuma Okoli: “With increasing investments in Africa, knowledge of private international law will be key.”

With the fast-growing international trade with Africa comes an inevitable rise in trade disputes. For trade to run smoothly, questions such as ‘what courts have jurisdiction; what law(s) should apply; will a foreign judgment be recognised and enforced by the c...

[Preliminary programme out] Sign up for the international public interest advocacy workshop

The preliminary programme for the 4th edition of the international public interest advocacy workshop is now out. The workshop brings together top legal practitioners and academics in the area of public interest advocacy. During three days, professionals such a...

[New SCL lecture] Visualising the Mladic trial

A newly scheduled lecture on the Mladic trial will offer a perspective on the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) through two artistic interventions: the documentary The Trial of Ratko Mladic (Rob Miller and Henry Singe...

KNAW award for Asser Associate Fellow Dimitri Van Den Meerssche

Asser Associate Fellow Dimitri Van Den Meerssche has received an Early Career Partnership Award from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). He will receive € 10,000 to organise an interdisciplinary meeting on Legal Method, Methodology and C...

[10th Annual PhD Day] 'A safe space for PhD researchers to test ideas'

On May 26, the International Humanitarian and Criminal Law (IHCL) Platform, an inter-university platform on international humanitarian law (IHL) and international criminal law (ICL) coordinated by the Asser Institute, celebrates its 10th annual PhD Day. PhD re...

[Updated programme] Asser Masterclass on investing in Africa

The preliminary programme for the Asser Masterclass on investing in English speaking Africa is now out. During a two-day masterclass Chukwuma Okoli from the Asser Institute will be joined by experts in the field of private international law such a Dr. Pontian...

[Call for papers] Artificial intelligence: the new frontier of business and human rights

The Business and Human Rights Working Group of the Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research and the Asser Institute call for a submission of abstracts for an international Workshop on Artificial Intelligence: The New Frontier of Business and Human Rights....