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[Professional education] Introducing the Asser Academy Masterclass series: innovative short courses for legal professionals
4 March 2021Lifelong learning is essential for those engaged in today's legal and business world. To meet the high demand for short professional courses, the T.M.C. Asser Instituut is launching a new and innovative professional education series in international legal prac...
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[Op-ed] ‘UK, Australia and the Netherlands should not evade responsibility through citizenship stripping’
3 March 2021Foreign fighters and their families have been in the news a lot lately. New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern blasted Australia for shirking responsibility by stripping a dual national terror suspect's citizenship. Recently, the UK Supreme Court decided ...
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[Blog] EU’s future due diligence legislation will speed up justice for Shell claimants
24 February 2021 By Chukwuma OkoliThe EU is working on a draft legislation that includes a proposal on private international law implications for corporate due diligence. This is very welcome, argues Asser researcher Chukwuma Okoli on the NOVA BHRE blog. It took 11 years for Nigerian farmers t...
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[ICL-TCL training] ‘Strengthening domestic capacity to prosecute and adjudicate international and transnational crimes in Africa'
18 February 2021The week of 8 March 2021 marks the start of a new training on International Criminal Law (ICL) and Transnational Criminal Law (TCL), co-organised by the T.M.C. Asser Instituut, the Antonio Cassese Initiative and the International Nuremberg Principles Academy. ...
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[Blog] Covid-19 exposes structural inequality in global supply chain contracts
16 February 2021 By Mercedes HeringThe Covid-19 pandemic exposes the structural inequality in global supply chain contracts, argues Asser intern Mercedes Hering on the Doing Business Right-blog. In the garment industry, there is a power imbalance tilted in favour of apparel brands and retailers...