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The changing nature of courtroom evidence
7 August 2019 By Anna-Maria AndreevaThe rise of technology has allowed for the more prolific permeation of different types of visual evidence in the courtroom. Whether and under what conditions visual evidence can be admitted in courts has been discussed for a long time, but it is now more than ...
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In quest of liberty, justice, and peace: a new biography on Asser’s private and public life
31 July 2019A new biography on legal scholar and practitioner Tobias Asser, the name giver of T.M.C. Asser Instituut, traces the life of a public intellectual and the broader history of ideas. Asser Institute president Ernst Hirsch Ballin wrote the foreword to the two-vol...
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Blog post: City-branding and human rights: a win-win combination?
26 July 2019Do the practices of city branding and human rights promotion and implementation go together? Are the branding possibilities merely a bonus when a local government self-identifies as a ‘human rights city’? Asser researcher at the Global City Project Lisa Rooden...
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The dynamic between terrorism and counter-terrorism and the quest for legitimacy in the eyes of the public
24 July 2019How do terrorists aim to attract attention and support for their claimed goals? How do states attempt to undermine the legitimacy claims of the terrorists and endeavour to gain or regain public trust and confidence? These are only some of the questions one of...
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Call for Contributions: City reports on International Law
17 July 2019The International Law Association (ILA) study group on "the Role of Cities in International Law", the T.M.C. Asser Institute and the Freie Universität Berlin invite researchers to submit abstracts for reports on city practices in relation to international law....