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Asser researcher appointed as member of the permanent commission on Human Rights of the Dutch Advisory Council on International Affairs
6 December 2019Asser researcher Narin Idriz has been appointed as a member of the permanent commission on Human Rights of the Dutch Advisory Council on International Affairs (Adviesraad internationale vraagstrukken, AIV). The AIV is an independent body, which advises the Du...
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Local high school students snap photos of The Hague for Human Rights Day
5 December 2019To commemorate Human Rights Day on December 10, the T.M.C. Asser Instituut in collaboration with Humanity House and the Visual Human Rights project, invited forty high school students from The Hague to participate in the workshop “Human rights visualised.” The...
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[TV Interview] Asser researcher speaks about France's role in Sahel and counter-terrorism policies
4 December 2019Asser researcher Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi spoke live on France24’s ‘The Debate’ on France's role in Sahel, the London bridge attack and the fight against terrorism. On 26 November 2019, a helicopter collision killed 13 French troops pursuing Islamic militants i...
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Watch the full annual Asser lecture by Prof. Anne Orford
29 November 2019Prof. Anne Orford addressed a room packed with guests at our Fifth Annual T.M.C. Asser Lecture on November 28 at the Peace Palace in The Hague. In her speech, Orford said that international treaties need to be more social, democratic and ecological so that the...
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Asser researcher wins NWO grant to research AI in the military context
27 November 2019Asser researcher Dr Berenice Boutin has won a research grant of €615.000 from the Dutch Research Council (NWO: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek) for the research project “Agency and Compliance by Design in Military AI Technologies”. Bou...