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[10th Annual PhD Day] 'A safe space for PhD researchers to test ideas'
25 May 2021On May 26, the International Humanitarian and Criminal Law (IHCL) Platform, an inter-university platform on international humanitarian law (IHL) and international criminal law (ICL) coordinated by the Asser Institute, celebrates its 10th annual PhD Day. PhD re...
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[Updated programme] Asser Masterclass on investing in Africa
19 May 2021The preliminary programme for the Asser Masterclass on investing in English speaking Africa is now out. During a two-day masterclass Chukwuma Okoli from the Asser Institute will be joined by experts in the field of private international law such a Dr. Pontian...
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[Call for papers] Artificial intelligence: the new frontier of business and human rights
19 May 2021The Business and Human Rights Working Group of the Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research and the Asser Institute call for a submission of abstracts for an international Workshop on Artificial Intelligence: The New Frontier of Business and Human Rights....
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[Stakeholder report] More attention needed to local stakeholders' and affected communities' engagement with the ICC
10 May 2021Today, the T.M.C. Asser Instituut and Amnesty International release their report ‘The Rome Statute at 40’. Based on an expert meeting organised end of 2020, the report contains key findings and recommendations by expert stakeholders on the future of the Intern...
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[New publication] Autonomous weapons and the responsibility gap in the ICC statute
4 May 2021A new publication in the Journal of International Criminal Justice (Oxford Academic) by Asser and IHEID researcher Marta Bo tackles the difficulties of establishing responsibility for war crimes after the deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the milit...