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[New paper] Srebrenica and Rwanda genocides: The continuing saga of state responsibility for the conduct of peacekeeping forces
13 July 2020This weekend marked 25 years since the start of the genocide in the Bosnian enclave of Srebrenica, where over the course of eleven days, more than eight thousand people were killed. Asser researcher Dr Berenice Boutin and Dr Nataša Nedeski (Universiteit van A...
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[New paper] Planetary boundaries intra muros: Cities and the Anthropocene
9 July 2020With the growing realisation that the inter-state system may fail us in the struggle to keep a safe distance from planetary boundaries, the need to find alternative governance models is more acute than ever. Should cities and urban governance take the lead in...
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[Analysis] Dutch Supreme Court rules on the group repatriation of the families of IS fighters: ‘We expect that more individual court cases will now be started”
26 June 2020This morning the Dutch Supreme Court (Hoge Raad) in The Hague ruled that the Netherlands does not have to repatriate a group of 23 Dutch women and their 56 children currently detained in Northern Syria. Asser counterterrorism researchers Dr Christophe Pauluss...
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[2020 ASIL] Hague institutions hosted the closing plenary on cities and international law
24 June 2020On Friday June 26, the Municipality of The Hague and T.M.C. Asser Instituut convened the online closing plenary of the 2020 virtual annual meeting of the American Society of International Law (ASIL). This prestigious society aims to foster the study of interna...
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Call for Papers on expert panel manuals for the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law
23 June 2020T.M.C. Asser Press and the editorial board of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (YIHL) are inviting authors to submit contributions to Vol. 23 (2020) of YIHL on expert panel manuals. Manuals on the law of armed conflict come in different guises. ...