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[ASIL 2023] Pursuing global accountability for atrocity crimes: Needs, challenges and the path forward
30 March 2023On Friday March 31, Christophe Paulussen, senior researcher and strand coordinator at the Asser Institute, will convene the closing plenary of the 2023 annual meeting of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) in Washington, United States. This presti...
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[Blog post] Accountability in The Hague: Recent developments in Dutch core international crimes cases regarding the Syrian civil war
29 March 2023 By Giel VerhagenIn a new blog post for international law blog EJIL: Talk!, Asser Institute intern Giel Verhagen discusses recent developments in Dutch core international crime cases from the Syrian civil war. Despite a limited form of universal jurisdiction, the Dutch governm...
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[Shelter City] Call for applications for Asser Institute visiting research fellowship
23 March 2023Justice & Peace Netherlands has launched a new call for applications for human rights defenders at risk to participate in Shelter City in the Netherlands in September 2023. The Hague-based Asser Institute is hosting one Shelter City Fellow per year. The de...
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[New book chapter] Autonomous weapons
23 March 2023In a new book chapter forthcoming with Edward Elgar Publishing, Magdalena Pacholska demystifies autonomous weapons systems (AWS); identifies the main legal issues they might possibly pose and offers possible solutions. The chapter is designed to serve as a che...
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[New publication] Ecocide: the environment as victim at the International Criminal Court
21 March 2023The existing legal framework of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) allows for the recognition of nonhumans as victims of ecocide, argues Giovanna Frisso (University of Lincoln) in the new ICD Brief ‘Ecocide: the environment as victim at...
