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[ASIL 2025] Closing plenary: Can arms trade bring about peace?
8 April 2025On April 18, researcher León Castellanos-Jankiewicz will moderate the closing plenary of the 2025 annual meeting of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) in Washington D.C.. The closing plenary, sponsored by the Asser Institute and the Municipality...
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[CLEER Paper Series] The legal implications of the EU's geopolitical awakening
7 April 2025Against the backdrop of a growing trade war with the United States, a timely new paper series examines the European Union's move towards 'strategic autonomy'. Edited by Asser Institute researchers Narin Idriz, Eva Kassoti, and Joris Larik (Leiden University), ...
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[New project] Advancing the rule of law in Ukraine: strengthening the judicial system and freedom of expression
1 April 2025The Asser Institute has been granted a subsidy from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs to start a new MATRA project aimed at bolstering Ukraine’s rule of law and media freedom as the country continues its path toward EU accession. The project, co-impl...
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[Law Clinic] Arms trafficking and human rights
18 March 2025This week, the third edition of the international law clinic on access to justice for arms exports has been launched by the University of Amsterdam in cooperation with the Asser Institute and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The pro bono c...
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[Blog post] Should mandatory human rights due diligence be based on social expectations?
17 March 2025On the tenth anniversary of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), Asser Institute researcher Antonio Guzmán Mutis examines the definition basis of corporate responsibility in a new blog post. Should corporate responsibility continue t...
