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[New publication] Ecocide: the environment as victim at the International Criminal Court
21 March 2023The existing legal framework of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) allows for the recognition of nonhumans as victims of ecocide, argues Giovanna Frisso (University of Lincoln) in the new ICD Brief ‘Ecocide: the environment as victim at...
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[New publication] Overlooking continuity: National minorities and ‘timeless’ human rights
14 March 2023In the book chapter ‘Overlooking Continuity: National Minorities and ‘Timeless’ Human Rights’, Asser Institute researcher León Castellanos-Jankiewicz critiques the dominant approach to national minorities in human rights discourse. The author argues that this ...
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[Call for Papers] The EU as a Regional International Organisation
13 March 2023The Asser Institute and the Amsterdam Centre for European Studies (ACES) are pleased to announce a call for papers on the topic of The EU as a Regional International Organisation (RIO). The deadline for submitting an abstract is 1 May 2023. Regional internati...
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[New blog] Three lessons on the regulation of autonomous weapons systems to ensure accountability for violations of IHL
2 March 2023In a new blog post for ICRC, researchers Marta Bo (Asser Institute, SIPRI) and Vincent Boulanin (SIPRI) offer three lessons on the regulation of autonomous weapons systems to ensure accountability for violations of international humanitarian law (IHL). Ahead ...
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[Law clinic] Access to justice for gun violence
27 February 2023Last week, the international law clinic project on ‘Access to Justice for Gun Violence’ was launched by the Amsterdam International Law Clinic of the University of Amsterdam in cooperation with the Asser Institute and the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs. T...