A new training programme, launched today by the Asser Institute, the Antonio Cassese Initiative and the International Nuremberg Principles Academy aims to bolster Colombia's ability to prosecute international crimes like war crimes and crimes against humanity....

The Foreign Terrorist Fighters Knowledge Hub, an open-access, interactive database on foreign terrorist fighters and states’ responses to them, now includes information on two new states: Tunisia and Lebanon. The FTF Knowledge Hub has further incorporated rece...

Today, the Asser Institute, in cooperation with the University of Amsterdam, will convene a panel discussion titled ‘Ecocide: Should Harm to the Environment be Criminalized?’ at the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding in The Hague. Th...

This week, students from The Hague University of Applied Sciences presented their recommendations to increase youth engagement in peace, justice, and global cooperation. The ‘Young People as World Citizens’ project, led by the World Citizenship lectorate in co...

The latest issue of the European Business Organization Law Review published by T.M.C. Asser Press, is available now. The journal brings together a collection of articles diving deep into crucial aspects of European financial regulation and the future of equiva...

On 2 June 2024, during an event at the Peace Palace commemorating the work of international criminal justice champion Benjamin Ferencz and former ICJ judge Thomas Buergenthal, acting academic director of the T.M.C. Asser Instituut Christophe Paulussen announce...

Mexico has requested permission to intervene in the case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for alleged genocide in Gaza. This announcement was made by the court on Tuesday. Spanish newspaper El País asked Asser Institute researcher Leó...

In a new video, you can now watch the Hague Closing Plenary of the 2024 annual meeting of the American Society of International Law (ASIL). The plenary, convened by Asser Institute researcher Gabriele Chlevickaite, reviewed efforts to fight impunity for journa...

The T.M.C. Asser Institute’s Centre for the Law of EU External Relations (CLEER) and Leiden University are organising a two-day PhD workshop on the legal implications of the EU’s “geopolitical awakening” and are inviting current PhD scholars and early career r...