In our rapidly globalising and digitalising world, the challenges for international lawyers with respect to evidence-gathering, access to justice, and the consolidation of accountability and legitimacy are increasingly complex. This Masterclass offers you a fr...

Wednesday 16 June, Asser senior researcher and counter-terrorism expert Christophe Paulussen will participate in an online roundtable discussion, organised by the Justice and Security Committee of the Dutch House of Representatives. The theme of the public dis...

Co-hosted online by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam together with the Asser Institute on 22-24 June, the fourth annual NNHRR conference will address the topic of ‘human rights and vulnerability’. The theme will be discussed across ...

As the academic year draws to a close, the T.M.C. Asser Instituut celebrates two PhD candidates, Yehonatan Elazar-DeMota and Lisa Roodenburg, defending their dissertations. Tomorrow, Tuesday 8 June (12:00 hours CET), Yehonatan Elazar-DeMota will defend his the...

Today, the international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague will give its final ruling on the Ratko Mladiç case. Asser researcher Sofia Stolk gave her comments on the case in an interview with news agency Associated Press. In 201...

With the fast-growing international trade with Africa comes an inevitable rise in trade disputes. For trade to run smoothly, questions such as ‘what courts have jurisdiction; what law(s) should apply; will a foreign judgment be recognised and enforced by the c...

The preliminary programme for the 4th edition of the international public interest advocacy workshop is now out. The workshop brings together top legal practitioners and academics in the area of public interest advocacy. During three days, professionals such a...

A newly scheduled lecture on the Mladic trial will offer a perspective on the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) through two artistic interventions: the documentary The Trial of Ratko Mladic (Rob Miller and Henry Singe...

Asser Associate Fellow Dimitri Van Den Meerssche has received an Early Career Partnership Award from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). He will receive € 10,000 to organise an interdisciplinary meeting on Legal Method, Methodology and C...