Asser Today

In a new post on the blog of the Business and Human Rights Journal, former Asser intern Rafaella Monesi and Asser researcher Stephanie Triefus argue that international investment law is more a hinderance than a help to the clean energy transition. Taking the e...

This 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...

On 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...

The Europa Institute (Leiden University) and the Asser Institute are organising a joint workshop on "A Legal Assessment of (EU) Integration in the Western Balkans," on 31 October 2025, in The Hague. For this workshop, they are inviting 600 word paper proposals...

The Hague – 10 March 2025 - The T.M.C. Asser Instituut is delighted to announce that Dr Machiko Kanetake has been appointed as Chairperson of the Executive Board and Academic Director, starting on 1 July 2025. She will also become a professor at the University...