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Thilo Marauhn appointed Extraordinary Professor of International Arms Control Law
13 September 2021Prof. Dr. Thilo Marauhn (58) has been appointed Extraordinary Professor of International Arms Control Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). Marauhn will conduct research on international arms control agreements and their compliance. T...
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[Apply now] Nuffic MENA scholarships for law courses for young professionals
7 September 2021The T.M.C. Asser Instituut invites professionals to apply to the Nuffic MENA Scholarship Programme (MSP) and Orange Knowlegde Programme (OKP) to attend our 2022 summer law programme on International criminal law and international legal & comparative approa...
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[Opening Academic Year] Sharing ideas to help shape a post-COVID world
31 August 2021On these last days of August, I would like to extend my best wishes for the new academic year. I sincerely hope you had some time to slow down and managed to turn away from the ‘life of Zoom’ that characterised our last academic year. In this new academic year...
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[Interview] Researcher Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi: “States have used the law as a tool to legitimise intrusive security practices, which put individual liberties at risk”
16 August 2021 By Megan Gethin & Zofia KostrzewaRebecca Mignot-Mahdavi is a counter-terrorism researcher, whose work focuses on our evolving legal and policy capacity to deal with security threats. In a number of recent publications, Mignot-Mahdavi questioned the legality of France’s air strikes in the Sahe...
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Call for papers: ‘Ecocide as an international crime? Perspectives from domestic and international law’
11 August 2021The International Crimes Database, powered by the Asser Institute, invites submissions of short articles for publication in the online paper series ‘ICD Briefs’ on the theme: ‘Ecocide as an International Crime? Perspectives from Domestic and International Law’...