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[Call for papers] Between crisification and legal resilience: Change and stability in EU external relations law
28 March 2024The Centre for the Law of EU External Relations (CLEER) and the Asser Institute are inviting papers for a conference on the topic of ‘Crisification and Legal Resilience: Change and Stability in EU External Relations Law’ which will be held on 11 October 2024, ...
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Mexico’s cases against U.S. gun industry move forward
27 March 2024This week, an Arizona federal court allowed Mexico's lawsuit against U.S. gun dealers to move forward. The court found that Mexico's complaint plausibly alleges that defendants "knew or should have known" their firearms would be used by violent cartels. Mexic...
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[New course] Using satellite imagery as evidence in international judicial proceedings
18 March 2024An innovative training course on using satellite imagery as evidence in international judicial proceedings has been launched by UNITAR-UNOSAT, the Asser Institute, the Geneva Science-Policy Interface (GSPI) and IUSTICOM. Legal professionals working with intern...
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Connecting historical memory governance in Latin America and East Asia
12 March 2024The MEMOCRACY project is bringing scholars from Latin America and East Asia together to the Hague, to explore new solutions to legal governance of history through ‘memory laws’ – laws that regulate historical memory. These laws can be punitive, with a criminal...
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[Law clinic] Seeking transparency on arms exports
11 March 2024Recently, a new edition of the international law clinic on ‘Access to Justice for Gun Violence’ was launched by the Amsterdam International Law Clinic of the University of Amsterdam in cooperation with the Asser Institute and the European Center for Constituti...