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[2020 ASIL] Hague institutions hosted the closing plenary on cities and international law
24 June 2020On Friday June 26, the Municipality of The Hague and T.M.C. Asser Instituut convened the online closing plenary of the 2020 virtual annual meeting of the American Society of International Law (ASIL). This prestigious society aims to foster the study of interna...
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Call for Papers on expert panel manuals for the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law
23 June 2020T.M.C. Asser Press and the editorial board of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (YIHL) are inviting authors to submit contributions to Vol. 23 (2020) of YIHL on expert panel manuals. Manuals on the law of armed conflict come in different guises. ...
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[Recording] Ombudsperson to the UN Security Council ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions committee: protecting human rights in counterterrorism sanctions
19 June 2020The Office of the Ombudsperson to the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee is tasked to assist the United Nations Security Council’s Committee by reviewing delisting petitions independently and impartially, and to recommend either retention or delist...
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MATRA Project Awarded: Providing support to Ukraine to combat international crimes
18 June 2020The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs awarded the Asser Institute and Global Rights Compliance (GRC) a contract under the MATRA (MAatschappelijke TRAnsformatie: social transformation) Programme to provide support to the reform in Ukraine’s criminal justi...
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Repatriate and prosecute foreign terrorist fighters
12 June 2020On Tuesday, Asser senior researcher Dr Christophe Paulussen took part in the ICCT Live Briefing ‘The Repatriation of Foreign Terrorist Fighters and Their Families: Why Not?’. In the briefing, Paulussen argued that repatriation and prosecution is the right thin...