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A new book from Asser Press argues that the International Criminal Court (ICC) must look beyond its founding treaty, the Rome Statute, to confront a growing crisis of states refusing to cooperate. In "The Consequences of Non-cooperation with the International ...

As the Hague Journal on the Rule of Law rose to number 8 among law journals worldwide in the 2024 Journal Citation Reports, we interviewed Ronald Janse, the journal’s editor-in-chief about this milestone. For Janse, the key to their success is clear: a focus o...

In a new publication, researcher Jonathan Kwik (Asser Institute) examines sycophantic military AI assistants. He explores the reasons behind ‘bootlicking’ behaviour in AI systems, highlights the significant battlefield dangers it presents, and proposes a two-p...

In a brand-new episode of JurisDictions, the Asser Institute’s international law podcast, researcher Dr Carl Lewis interviews Ammar Hijazi, Ambassador and Head of the Palestinian Mission to the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Permanent Representative of the Sta...

Last week, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered a "historic" Advisory Opinion on climate change obligations, calling it "an existential problem of planetary proportions." Though not legally binding, the Court's emphasis on international cooperati...