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New publication on the effect of the UK’s counter-terrorism policies on the rule of law
12 March 2019In an upcoming book chapter titled “Individual Terrorist Suspects as the New Folk Devil: New Labour, Rights Tokenism and Security Compulsions”, T.M.C. Asser Instituut's researcher Dr Rumyana van Ark (née Grozdanova) examines the long-term implications of New L...
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International Women’s Day: Janne Nijman puts the spotlight on peace activist Bertha von Suttner (1843 - 1914)
8 March 2019Today there are many influential women working in international law. However, one needs a looking glass to find influential women in international legal history. To celebrate International Women’s Day, Prof Dr. Janne E. Nijman, academic director of T.M.C. Asse...
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Register now: The Legal Roles of Cities in a (De)Globalising World - keynote speech by Yishai Blank
4 March 2019The Asser Institute is proud to announce that Professor Yishai Blank, a pioneer in the research of cities and international law, will be the keynote speaker for the opening of the research conference Cities and international law in the Urban Age on 13 March 20...
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Call for papers: Are Human Rights a myth or a lived reality?
28 February 2019The Netherlands Network of Human Rights Research (NNHRR), which connects Dutch human rights researchers and is coordinated by the Asser Institute, will host its annual research day (‘Toogdag’) on 20 and 21 June at Maastricht University. The topic of the upcomi...
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New blog: The Shamima Begum case: ‘Revoking citizenship is ineffective and counterproductive’
22 February 2019The decision to revoke Shamima Begum’s UK citizenship is not only ineffective, but it also creates a number of legal and diplomatic problems, according to Asser Institute counter-terrorism experts Drs Christophe Paulussen and Rumyana Grozdanova. Instead, the U...