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To strengthen Ukraine’s defence function in conflict-related criminal cases, the Asser Institute today launched its new Strategic Report: Supporting Defence Counsel in Conflict-Related Criminal Cases in Ukraine, following the recent release of its Handbook for...

As modern armed conflicts increasingly impact civilian infrastructure, new research is calling for an urgent reassessment of how international humanitarian law (IHL) approaches dual-use objects. In a new publication from Asser Press and Springer, legal scholar...

As Australia moves to renegotiate its bilateral investment treaties (BITs) with Argentina, Pakistan, and Türkiye, new research is highlighting the critical need to integrate human rights and environmental considerations into these agreements. A submission by A...

The T.M.C. Asser Instituut is welcoming abstracts for its panel “Emerging Voices in Private International Law”, as part of the Institute’s 60-year anniversary conference on “Adapting private international law in an era of uncertainty”. PhD candidates and postd...

Extremist threats are growing increasingly complex and hybrid in nature. Counter-terrorism expert Bibi van Ginkel (International Center for Counter-terrorism) outlines how the landscape of violent extremism and terrorism is reshaped by ideological blending, di...