Daniela Heerdt is a researcher in the field of sports and human rights. Early September, she will kick off the brand-new summer programme ‘The governance of sports and human rights’. Heerdt: ‘Sports law is increasingly connected to human rights. But this doesn...

Private authorities play an important role in shaping the rights and obligations of people, sometimes even more so than national laws or international conventions. As a non-state actor, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is unmistakably e...

Registration is now open for three unique summer programmes on international law. Register now to advance your career. [Advanced summer programme] Terrorism, counter-terrorism and the rule of law (29 August - 02 September 2022) Across the world, extremist an...

Vesna Lazić, senior researcher in the strand ‘Public interest(s) inside/within international and European institutions and their practices’, has been elected to the prestigious Scientific Council of the European Association of Private International Law (EAPIL)...

From climate change, to human rights and from migration to security issues: cities are playing an increasing role in international law. In a brand-new city report for the International Law Association (ILA) Study Group on the Role of Cities in International la...

Dr Sadjad Soltanzadeh is a postdoctoral researcher in the ethics and philosophy of technology. He recently published a book, entitled ‘Problem-solving technologies: A user-friendly philosophy’. On 8 June, the Asser Institute and the DILEMA Project are hosting ...

On 2 May, the Mexican Embassy in The Hague – in collaboration with the Asser Institute and the University of Amsterdam - organised an in-depth discussion on the groundbreaking case of Mexico v. Smith & Wesson filed last August in the District Court of Mass...

At the end of this academic year, Janne E. Nijman will step down as chairperson of the executive board and academic director of the T.M.C. Asser Institute. Under her leadership, Nijman successfully repositioned the Asser Institute as an internationally recogni...

On May 10, in a packed Peace Palace in The Hague, Annual T.M.C. Asser Lecture speaker and political scientist Prof. Brigid Laffan addressed the European dependencies and vulnerabilities in relation to the war in Ukraine, and in the context of a hardening of ge...