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DILEMA research project on military AI formally started
10 September 2020This month, the DILEMA research project on Designing international law and ethics into military artificial intelligence formally started. This project, funded by NWO–MVI Programme on Responsible Innovation, explores interdisciplinary perspectives on military...
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In Memoriam: Antoinette Wessels-Voorbij
9 September 2020The Board of the T.M.C. Asser Instituut has received the sad news that our former colleague Antoinette Wessels-Voorbij (60) has passed away on September 7th. For twenty years, Antoinette worked for T.M.C. Asser Press and the T.M.C. Asser Instituut as a market...
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[Online round table] Trading emerging technologies: Security and human rights perspectives
8 September 2020Digital technology has been at the forefront of the US-China trade war. The tensions have in part led the US government to initiate the export control of emerging technologies, including, not only advanced information technology, but also robotics, brain-compu...
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[Lex sportiva] New publications on transnational sports law
4 September 2020Asser senior researcher Antoine Duval recently authored several publications in the field of transnational sports law, also known as lex sportiva. The publications are now available on Asser’s SSRN page. The main topics are: 'Transnational Sports Law: the ...
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[Opening academic year] Academic director Janne Nijman: ‘It is the human mind that may evoke change’
1 September 2020 By Janne E. Nijman"Another academic year lies ahead of us. An extraordinary year, not just because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and its effects on our personal and working lives, but also because of the many other global challenges we are facing. As today’s crises cut acro...