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[New publication] State responsibility in relation to military applications of artificial intelligence
13 September 2022In a new paper, Asser Institute senior researcher Bérénice Boutin explores the conditions and modalities under which a state can incur responsibility in relation to violations of international law involving military applications of artificial intelligence (AI)...
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[International human rights law] Urgent legal reforms needed as victims of gun violence face limited access to courts in the United States
9 September 2022In a new blog post on Just Security, Asser Institute international law researcher León Castellanos-Jankiewicz and international law intern Kaya van der Horst build the case for repealing the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) in the United State...
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Research Handbook on International Law and Cities awarded 2022 ESIL Collaborative Book Prize
7 September 2022Associate fellow and former academic director of the Asser Institute Janne E. Nijman (University of Amsterdam) and Helmut Philipp Aust (Freie Universität Berlin) were awarded the 2022 ESIL Collaborative Book Prize for their book Research Handbook on Internatio...
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[Nuclear disarmament] Thea Coventry: ‘Codifying legal norms might not prevent nuclear war, but it does help to create a world where nuclear weapons are unthinkable’
25 August 2022 By Jasper Schellekens and Pascal MesserWhile war is threatening the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, representatives of nearly two hundred states are meeting at the United Nations in New York to review the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. We asked T...
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Watch now: 'The fight for human rights: Lessons from Afghanistan' with Asser Institute fellow Nader Nadery
19 August 2022In a really insightful episode of the interview series Battlegrounds (Hoover Institution), Asser Institute Fellow Nader Nadery looks back on the dire situation in Afghanistan, a year after Kabul fell to the Taliban. In the interview Nadery discusses human righ...