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[New publication] Jonathan Kwik discusses the use of autonomous weapon technologies
24 October 2024Asser Institute’s researcher, Dr Jonathan Kwik’s new book explores the practical and legal challenges of deploying autonomous weapon systems (AWS) in the context of quickly advancing artificial intelligence (AI). AI, once a more unknown technology, is now inex...
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[Call for papers] The manifold forms of contemporary international legal scholarship
23 October 2024International lawyers constantly (re)shape the world around them in legally relevant terms, whether as scholars, teachers, advisors, or judges, and they do so through many different forms. The writing of journal articles and books, for instance, has long been ...
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[Foreign Terrorist Fighters Knowledge Hub] New developments in thirteen states
22 October 2024The Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTF) Knowledge Hub, an open-access online resource developed by the T.M.C. Asser Instituut and the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT), has just been updated to incorporate recent developments surrounding states’ r...
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[Interview] The private is political: León Castellanos-Jankiewicz on human rights histories
7 October 2024In a recent interview, Asser researcher León Castellanos-Jankiewicz highlights conflict of laws as a crucial yet overlooked foundation of international human rights law. Despite its enormous growth in importance, the History of International Law has so far w...
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[Call for papers] Who are ‘humans’ in military artificial intelligence?
1 October 2024Utrecht University and the Asser Institute are calling for papers to contribute to a critical examination of the human role in military artificial intelligence. The interdisciplinary workshop, titled "Who are ‘humans’ in military AI?", will take place in Utrec...