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Scholarships available for our 2021 winter academies
17 December 2020Ten scholarships are available to candidates based in low or lower-middle income countries to attend the Asser Institute’s online winter academies in January and February 2021. In 2021, the Asser Institute will be hosting two winter academies. The first dedic...
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[Register now] DILEMA lecture: Remote, autonomous weapons and human agency
15 December 2020What does it mean to have autonomy in the age of AI? How are remote, autonomous weapons regulated under international law? On Monday 22 February 2021 (16.00 CET / 15.00 GMT), Professor Bill Boothby will deliver a DILEMA Lecture on the topic of ‘Remote, autonom...
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Book by Asser researcher Chukwuma Okoli subject of symposium
14 December 2020The book ‘Private International Law in Nigeria’ by Asser researcher Chukwuma Okoli is the subject of a symposium, which is being held this week on the website AfronomicsLaw. Asser researcher Chukwuma Okoli co-authored ‘Private International Law in Nigeria’, w...
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Joint initiative: Launch of a Forum of Legal Actors on freedom of expression
9 December 2020Today at WPFC 2020, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, UNESCO, Free Press Unlimited and the T.M.C. Asser Instituut jointly launched the Forum of Legal Actors. The initiative should help to create a network of legal actors to support and defend...
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[ Asser news ] Handover ceremony of unique inter-university programme in Lebanon
8 December 2020For nearly ten years the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) has supported a unique inter-university programme on international criminal law in Lebanon. Eleven Lebanese universities and the T.M.C. Asser Instituut cooperated within the project. The programme has...