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[Online expert panel] Missing persons and memory governance
15 September 2020On Thursday 24 September, from 16.00-17.30 CET, the Asser Institute and the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances will co-host an online expert panel on ‘Missing persons and memory governance’. The online panel is part of the MELA-project,...
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[Online training programme] Disarmament and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
14 September 2020From 28 September – 2 October, T.M.C. Asser Instituut in The Hague will host the eleventh training programme on disarmament and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, co-organised with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)....
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DILEMA research project on military AI formally started
10 September 2020This month, the DILEMA research project on Designing international law and ethics into military artificial intelligence formally started. This project, funded by NWO–MVI Programme on Responsible Innovation, explores interdisciplinary perspectives on military...
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In Memoriam: Antoinette Wessels-Voorbij
9 September 2020The Board of the T.M.C. Asser Instituut has received the sad news that our former colleague Antoinette Wessels-Voorbij (60) has passed away on September 7th. For twenty years, Antoinette worked for T.M.C. Asser Press and the T.M.C. Asser Instituut as a market...
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[Online round table] Trading emerging technologies: Security and human rights perspectives
8 September 2020Digital technology has been at the forefront of the US-China trade war. The tensions have in part led the US government to initiate the export control of emerging technologies, including, not only advanced information technology, but also robotics, brain-compu...