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[Register now] 10th T.M.C. Asser Annual Lecture with Spinoza Prize winner Joyeeta Gupta: Protecting the public interest in an era of climate change
13 October 2025Join us on Wednesday, November 26 2025, at 17.00 hrs CET, in The Hague for the 10th T.M.C. Asser Annual Lecture. This year features Professor Joyeeta Gupta, Spinoza Prize winner, speaking on "Protecting the public interest in times of climate change: from aban...
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[Sports law] Are human rights challenges facing the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States?
12 October 2025Asser Institute researcher Daniela Heerdt was recently interviewed by Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant about the human rights challenges facing the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States under President Trump's policies. In 2026, the Unied States will welcome ...
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[New publication] The art of judicial inquiry: Exploring the ICJ’s questioning practice
6 October 2025In a new book by T.M.C. Asser Press, author Karel Wellens (Radboud University Nijmegen) examines the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) long-standing use of questioning during oral proceedings. He argues that judicial questions are not simply rhetorical to...
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[Hague Journal on the Rule of Law] Decoding Xi Jinping’s vision for rule of law in China
29 September 2025The Hague Journal on the Rule of Law (HJRL), recently ranked 8th among law journals worldwide, has released a special issue dedicated to the question: ‘What is Xi Jinping thought on rule of law?’ The issue brings together nine articles examining how the Chines...
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[New publication] Sanctions against Israel: An international law perspective
25 September 2025 By James Patrick SextonIn a new article for Just Security, James Patrick Sexton analyses recent proposals made for states to take sanctions against Israel. He concludes that international law permits the creation of certain sanctions against Israel, and that the obligation to preven...