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Panel discussion: Human control over Autonomous Military Technologies
29 January 2019On Wednesday 13 February, the Asser Institute will be hosting a panel discussion on the topic of ‘Human Control over Autonomous Military Technologies’ from 14:30 to 17:00. The event is organised in the context of the new Winter Academy on Artificial Intelligen...
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Academic director and member of the board Janne Nijman joins the PAX Supervisory Board
28 January 2019Academic director and board member Prof. Dr Janne E. Nijman of the T.M.C. Asser Instituut and Prof. Dr Tom Groot, Professor of Management Accounting at the VU, have been appointed to the Supervisory Board of PAX. PAX, which means peace, works with partners an...
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Two souls in one breast: The international institutional lawyer as scholar and as practitioner
27 January 2019The Asser Institute is pleased to host an OXIO Talk on the experiences and challenges of being an international institutional lawyer – both as academic and as practitioner. The event features an informal conversation between Gabrielle Marceau and Niels Blokker...
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Asser in the press on International Criminal Court’s Gbagbo decision
15 January 2019Asser researcher Dr Marta Bo is quoted by news agency Agence France-Presse on the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to acquit former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo. While the prosecution failed to convince the Court that Gbagbo was respo...
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'Bringing critical thinking to power' - New Year's message from Asser's academic director
11 January 2019From the Asser Institute we wish you a peaceful and inspiring 2019 – a year in which our world will have to find ways to address urgent global challenges justly and effectively. A year in which we, as Europeans, will probably have to deal with Brexit, whilst ...