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[New publication] Autonomous weapons and the responsibility gap in the ICC statute
4 May 2021A new publication in the Journal of International Criminal Justice (Oxford Academic) by Asser and IHEID researcher Marta Bo tackles the difficulties of establishing responsibility for war crimes after the deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the milit...
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[New publication] The opening statement of the prosecution in international criminal trials
22 April 2021Out now: ‘The Opening Statement of the Prosecution in International Criminal Trials, A solemn tale of horror’ (Routledge), by Asser researcher Dr Sofia Stolk. This new book addresses the discursive importance of the prosecution’s opening statement before an in...
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[Inter-university programme] ‘The most important investment the STL could have made in promoting justice, accountability and the rule of law in Lebanon’
7 April 2021The inter-university programme, co-organised by the Asser Institute and the International & Transitional Justice Resource Center (ITJRC), offers Lebanese students from eleven universities the opportunity to learn about international criminal law and proced...
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[Online training programme] Disarmament and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction 2021
28 March 2021Registration is now open for our training programme on Disarmament and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, which will take place 27 September – 1 October 2021. The Asser Institure organises this renowned training programme for the twelfth time, t...
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[ASIL 2021] Roundtable on international law’s role in the governance of AI
25 March 2021Friday March 26, Janne E. Nijman, chair of the board and academic director of the Asser Institute, will convene the online closing plenary of the 2021 virtual annual meeting of the American Society of International Law (ASIL). This prestigious society aims to ...