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Call for papers: FIFA and human rights - Impacts, policies, responsibilities
20 December 2018Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit paper abstracts for a conference on the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and human rights. The conference, organised by the Asser Institute and the Netherlands Network for Human Rights...
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‘In search of judicial independence’ – op-ed in Kathmandu Post by Shelter City Fellow
18 December 2018Human rights defender Mohan Kumar Karna, who was Shelter City Fellow with the T.M.C. Asser Instituut earlier this year, published an op-ed in the Kathmandu Post, calling for reform of the Nepalese judicial council. After the introduction of the 2015 Constitut...
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Exclusive interview with Martti Koskenniemi on international law and the rise of the far right
13 December 2018In an exclusive interview in Opinio Juris by Asser researcher Dimitri van den Meerssche, Prof. Martti Koskenniemi critically reflects on the general state of international law, as well as its role in the rise of the far right. Prof. Koskenniemi describes how ...
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'UK and Australia combatting modern slavery in the supply chain of businesses'
11 December 2018With global supply chains becoming more integrated, it is becoming harder for authorities to identify if companies used slaves or under-aged children as a part of the production process. In 2016 alone, at any given day, 40.3 million people were victims of mode...
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Five student scholarships available for the Doing Business Right Winter Academy
7 December 2018The Asser institute is offering five students or PhD candidates a partial scholarship to attend our upcoming Doing Business Right Winter Academy from 28 January to 1 February 2019. As the field of business and human rights grows, more and more dialogue, debat...