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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...