Today is the United Nations’ International Day of Democracy, a day that celebrates and promotes the principles of democracy worldwide. In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution that encouraged organisations and member states to strengthe...

Internal law-making within the EU is now conducted at the highest possible level of transparency and openness in terms of legislative procedure, which is in stark contrast with many international organisations. However, when it comes to its external practices ...

How did Romania, which held the Presidency of the Council of the EU from January to June 2019, fulfil its leadership in coordinating regional and global issues during this period? And what meaning will this have for the European Union’s international relations...

On Thursday September 5th, the Asser Institute officially re-opened its doors after two intensive years of eco-friendly and sustainable renovations. We welcomed staff, neighbours and friends of the Asser Institute to join us for a festive afternoon at our prem...

What are the rule of law challenges that Western Balkan countries such as Albania and North Macedonia are currently facing? And what are their implications for the EU enlargement agenda? These topics, amongst others, will be addressed in the upcoming event ‘Ru...

A new two-volume biography of Tobias Asser will be launched on Thursday 29 August at the Peace Palace in The Hague. Asser Institute president Ernst Hirsch Ballin wrote the foreword to the biography, which was written by Arthur Eyffinger and published by Brill....

The Asser Institute in The Hague will be hosting the third annual ISLJ international sports law conference on the 24th and 25th of October, bringing together sports law scholars and practitioners for two days of in-depth discussions.  This year’s edition will...

Just over two weeks ago, the U.S. decided to pull out of the The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, the arms control treaty signed between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1987, due to complaints that Russia was violating the terms of the...

An Asser Institute’s training course co-organised with the Antonio Cassese Initiative, is an example of strengthening domestic legal capacities to improve the overall delivery of the international justice system, say speakers and participants of the new course...