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[Online] Advanced summer programme terrorism, counter-terrorism and the rule of law
27 July 2020Terrorist attacks have triggered an increase in security-related legislative provisions across the world. A wide range of new or updated administrative and criminal law measures is meant to bolster states’ ability to respond to acts of terrorism, and to addres...
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[Asser in the media] Asser researcher León Castellanos-Jankiewicz: ‘US measures against migrants undercut international refugee law’
21 July 2020In a recent interview with the Spanish language podcast Hablemos de Derecho Internacional, Asser researcher Dr León Castellanos-Jankiewicz has argued that the Trump administration is using the coronavirus pandemic for discriminatory purposes and continues to b...
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[Interview] International lawyer Nawi Ukabiala: 'Use international norms and dispute settlement to promote racial justice in the US'
15 July 2020 By Dimitri van den MeersscheAcross the globe, social movements have been mobilising for racial justice and equality after the brutal killings of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery in the United States. Asser researcher Dimitri Van Den Meerssche interviewed international lawyer Nawi Ukabiala ...
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[New paper] Srebrenica and Rwanda genocides: The continuing saga of state responsibility for the conduct of peacekeeping forces
13 July 2020This weekend marked 25 years since the start of the genocide in the Bosnian enclave of Srebrenica, where over the course of eleven days, more than eight thousand people were killed. Asser researcher Dr Berenice Boutin and Dr Nataša Nedeski (Universiteit van A...
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[New paper] Planetary boundaries intra muros: Cities and the Anthropocene
9 July 2020With the growing realisation that the inter-state system may fail us in the struggle to keep a safe distance from planetary boundaries, the need to find alternative governance models is more acute than ever. Should cities and urban governance take the lead in...