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‘Law not war’ – Inspiring international criminal law champion Benjamin Ferencz (1920-2023) will be sorely missed
11 April 2023The last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor and international criminal law champion Benjamin Ferencz has died aged 103. Ferencz dedicated his life to the advance of international justice and stood at the cradle of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hagu...
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[New publication] Returning foreign fighters: Responses, legal challenges and ways forward
3 April 2023The new edited volume Returning foreign fighters: Responses, legal challenges and ways forward (T.M.C. Asser Press), by editors Francesca Capone, Christophe Paulussen and Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi, zooms in on the responses by the international community and indi...
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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...
