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A new season of the Inter-University Programme on International Criminal Law and Procedure begins today. The programme offers Lebanese law students a unique opportunity to learn about international criminal law and procedure. Today more than 250 Lebanese law ...

In a new blog, Asser Institute researcher Dr Berenice Boutin discusses how advanced technologies and international law can benefit from each other. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and blockchain are prominent examples of new technologies that might revolutionise...

Professor Martti Koskenniemi will deliver the Fourth Annual T.M.C. Asser Lecture this year on International Law and the Far Right: Reflections on Law and Cynicism.  In his lecture, Prof. Koskenniemi will address the role of international law in dealing with t...

Twelve new case analyses have been added to the International Crimes Database, which offers an extensive online collection of international crimes broadly defined, such as genocide, war crimes, terrorism and piracy. The International Crimes Database website o...

Several states have been revoking citizenships of their nationals as a way to fight terrorism. In Bahrain, for example, authorities have revoked hundreds of citizenships since 2012. Just today, the public prosecution in Bahrain ruled to revoke six additional c...