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How to remember the past? Book launch and workshop on memory laws
15 September 2018Earlier this year, Poland adopted a notorious law that prohibits blaming Poles for crimes committed during the Holocaust. In the U.S., confederate monuments sparked a debate, similar to an uproar in the Netherlands on Dutch colonial history. How we remember th...
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Three Asser memory law researchers will speak in Budapest
12 September 2018Two-thirds of the European Parliament voted on September 12 in favour of holding Hungary accountable for serious breaches of common values of the European Union, including respect for human rights, equality, and the rule of law. These clashes with ‘common val...
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We’re hiring! Three vacancies at the Asser Institute
29 August 2018The Asser Institute is currently looking for a researcher in Private International Law and two interns. The institute invites applications for: Researcher private international lawA full–time researcher in Private International Law (38 hours a week) to stre...
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Countering Terrorism within the Rule of Law
21 August 2018Two terrorist incidents took place yesterday, one in Russia and the other in Spain. Terrorism is here to stay, but it is becoming more and more difficult to combat global terrorism while protecting people’s fundamental rights. In the past years, many states ha...
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Disarmament and non-proliferation training in times of new nuclear arms race
17 August 2018Thirty four chemical weapon attacks were documented in Syria since 2013. In one incident alone, in 2017, over eighty people were killed. As North Korea’s nuclear programme is still developing, and the American-Iranian relations are tensed, concerns over intern...