Asser Today

In this blogpost, PhD researcher at the Asser Institute Marina Bán analyses how the introduction of a state of emergency in Hungary due to the Covid-19 pandemic may contribute to the ongoing decline of democracy and the rule of law in the country. She argues t...

The 2016 EU-Turkey statement on migration (EU-Turkey deal) has often been scrutinised through the lens of EU law. In this blog post, Asser senior researcher Dr Eva Kassoti, analyses the legal nature of the EU-Turkey statement from an international law vantage ...

Asser researcher Dr León Castellanos-Jankiewicz has published an analysis in Opinio Juris arguing that the recent US border closure breaches international refugee law, despite its stated aim of containing the coronavirus pandemic. ‘Discriminatory action agains...

Covid-19 updateDue to the coronavirus outbreak, the format of this summer programmes has been changed into an online training for a reduced fee. If you had already paid for your spot, you will get reimbursed the difference in price. For any questions, please c...

Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab have been massively involved in ‘sexual terrorism’: using human trafficking and conflict-related sexual violence as tactics of terrorism. At the same time, state responses are meager and have sometimes been counterproductive. This is ...