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[New project] León Castellanos-Jankiewicz awarded NWO grant for project on arms exports
25 August 2025Asser Institute senior researcher León Castellanos-Jankiewicz was awarded an NWO SSH XS Grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for the project 'Rearming Europe with Legal Accountability' (RELY). The RELY project will explore how the European Union can st...
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[Last chance] Strengthen your expertise on counter-terrorism and disarmament law this summer
18 August 2025This summer, you can still take part in two landmark training programmes marking fifteen years of legal education at the Asser Institute. Whether your focus is on tackling terrorism or preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), these advanced...
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[New publication] Justice on hold: The consequences of non-cooperation with the International Criminal Court
11 August 2025A new book from Asser Press argues that the International Criminal Court (ICC) must look beyond its founding treaty, the Rome Statute, to confront a growing crisis of states refusing to cooperate. In "The Consequences of Non-cooperation with the International ...
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[Interview] From startup to global top 10: The Hague Journal on the Rule of Law's rise to academic prominence
7 August 2025 By Masoumeh RahimiAs the Hague Journal on the Rule of Law rose to number 8 among law journals worldwide in the 2024 Journal Citation Reports, we interviewed Ronald Janse, the journal’s editor-in-chief about this milestone. For Janse, the key to their success is clear: a focus o...
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[New publication] “Digital yes-men: How to deal with sycophantic military AI?”
3 August 2025In a new publication, researcher Jonathan Kwik (Asser Institute) examines sycophantic military AI assistants. He explores the reasons behind ‘bootlicking’ behaviour in AI systems, highlights the significant battlefield dangers it presents, and proposes a two-p...