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[New essay] Urban legacies of 9/11: An international law perspective
6 October 2021In a new essay on constitutional law blog Verfassungsblog, researchers Helmut Philipp Aust (Freie Universität Berlin) and Janne E. Nijman (Asser Institute) point to the missing urban dimension in the international law debates on the attacks of 9/11: “Internati...
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[New publication] War crimes units: Legislative, organisational and technical lessons
5 October 2021'War Crimes Units: Legislative, Organisational and Technical Lessons', a new report written by Karolina Aksamitowska for the T.M.C. Asser Instituut/Global Rights Compliance MATRA-Ukraine project, provides an overview of best practices drawn from domestic war c...
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[Interview] Researcher Sofia Stolk: “We should never stop asking questions, and art can be a way to do that”
4 October 2021Art and international law, it does seem an uneasy combination – international law being strict, rigid, and all about the application of the rules, and art which tends to bend and question those very same rules. But researcher Sofia Stolk thrives in this no man...
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New publication: The Cambridge Companion to Hugo Grotius
28 September 2021The Cambridge Companion to Hugo Grotius, a brand new publication by Randall Lesaffer and Janne E. Nijman, offers a comprehensive overview of the work of Dutch humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian and jurist Hugo Grotius (1583–1645). Grotius lived through a ...
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[Updated programme] The art and international law laboratory: experiences of justice
27 September 2021How can legal professionals use art to identify and overcome legal, ethical, and social challenges? Four artists from various disciplines will offer a fresh and inspiring perspective on safeguarding the dignity, safety and well-being of participants in legal p...