The Dutch Senate discussed a bill January 12 that regulates the criminalisation of persons who intentionally stay in an area under the control of a terrorist organisation. In a new ICCT perspective, Asser researcher and ICCT fellow Christophe Paulussen and co-...

Registration is open for two unique 2021 winter academies. Sign up now to advance your career! [Online winter academy] Due diligence as master key to responsible business conduct (25 - 29 January 2021) What does it mean to do business right?  How can busines...

In a contribution to international law blog OpinioJuris, Asser researcher Marta Bo writes that international criminal law could provide guidance for operationalising the concept of meaningful human control over lethal autonomous weapons (LAWS). Bo suggests tha...

Ten scholarships are available to candidates based in low or lower-middle income countries to attend the Asser Institute’s online winter academies in January and February 2021. In 2021, the Asser Institute will be hosting two winter academies. The first dedic...

What does it mean to have autonomy in the age of AI? How are remote, autonomous weapons regulated under international law? On Monday 22 February 2021 (16.00 CET / 15.00 GMT), Professor Bill Boothby will deliver a DILEMA Lecture on the topic of ‘Remote, autonom...

The book ‘Private International Law in Nigeria’ by Asser researcher Chukwuma Okoli is the subject of a symposium, which is being held this week on the website AfronomicsLaw. Asser researcher Chukwuma Okoli co-authored ‘Private International Law in Nigeria’, w...

Today at WPFC 2020, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, UNESCO, Free Press Unlimited and the T.M.C. Asser Instituut jointly launched the Forum of Legal Actors. The initiative should help to create a network of legal actors to support and defend...

For nearly ten years the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) has supported a unique inter-university programme on international criminal law in Lebanon. Eleven Lebanese universities and the T.M.C. Asser Instituut cooperated within the project. The programme has...

On Thursday 26 November Professor Andrew Murray joined us online to deliver his lecture ‘Almost human: law and human agency in the time of artificial intelligence.’ More than five hundred people from all over the world watched the sixth Annual T.M.C. Asser Lec...