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[New policy brief] “The use of transnational repression in the name of security: Implications and concerns”
2 September 2025In 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...
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[Launch] Knowledge hub on international criminal law for Ukrainian judiciary
1 September 2025On 8 September 2025, the Asser Institute and European Union Advisory Mission (EUAM) will launch the “Knowledge Hub on International Criminal Law for the Ukrainian Judiciary” in Kyiv, Ukraine. This initiative will work directly with Ukrainian judges to bridge t...
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[Updated] Four new countries added to the Foreign Fighters Knowledge Hub
27 August 2025The Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTF) Knowledge Hub, an online resource and database developed collaboratively by the T.M.C. Asser Instituut and the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT), has been expanded to include four additional countries: the M...
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Kurdistan Center for International Law and Asser Institute sign legal cooperation agreement
26 August 2025A delegation from the Kurdistan Center for International Law, headed by deputy director Mr Ahmed Zangana, visited the T.M.C. Asser Instituut in The Hague this week to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing a framework for bilateral cooperation o...
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[New project] León Castellanos-Jankiewicz awarded NWO grant for project on arms exports
25 August 2025Asser Institute senior researcher León Castellanos-Jankiewicz was awarded an NWO SSH XS Grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for the project 'Rearming Europe with Legal Accountability' (RELY). The RELY project will explore how the European Union can st...