Spring academies

[Advanced professional training] Responding to human rights abuse in sport: Safe, effective & appropriate investigation (05 - 06 March 2024)

This professional training uses real life challenges from past investigations to provide insight into how (not) to respond to reports and allegations of sport-related cases of abuse. It will provide you with tools and knowledge on how to deal with abuse cases while protecting those affected, complying with human rights, and upholding the integrity of sport. In this professional training, the Asser Institute partners with the Centre for Sport and Human Rights (CSHR) to connect practical research-based guidelines with relevant legal norms and procedures to address human rights abuses in sport. Register now.

What will you learn? 

  • How (not) to respond to reports and allegations of sport-related cases of abuse 
  • Knowledge and experience in responding to such cases in a way that protects the affected person from further harm and complies with human rights 
  • The role that investigations play in access to remedy more broadly

[Spring academy] Technologies of sustainability due diligence: Digital tools and global value chain regulations  (08 - 12 April 2024)                                             



Since 2019, the Asser Institute offers a ground-breaking week-long academy on due diligence as master key to responsible business conduct, consisting of lectures by academics with recognised expertise in the field and practical sessions delivered by practitioners from the private and public sector with hands-on experience in doing due diligence. Register now. 

       Key topics

  • Business and human rights
  • Digital tools and global value chain regulations
  • U.N. Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
  • Human rights due diligence
  • OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct
  • French Duty of Vigilance Law
  • German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act
  • Proposal for an EU Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence

Coordinator
The Spring academy is coordinated by Antoine Duval, senior researcher at the Asser Institute and coordinator of the research strand on transnational public interests: constituting public interest beyond and below the state. 

After successful completion of this spring academy, you will receive a professional certificate from the T.M.C. Asser Instituut.

Please contact educationtraining@asser.nl with any inquiries.

[Spring academy] Artificial intelligence and international law (22 - 26 April 2024)

The spring academy on artificial intelligence and international law is an innovative one-week training programme. It provides you with insights into the current and future issues raised by AI from the perspective of international law and related disciplines. For this sixth edition, the programme will take place in the week of 22-26 April 2024 in The Hague. 

Key topics

  • technical aspects of AI
  • the philosophy and ethics of AI
  • human rights in relation to AI
  • AI in international humanitarian law
  • AI and international responsibility and international governance

 Seats are limited, so pre-register now, to receive an alert when registrations open.  

Coordinator
This spring academy is coordinated by Berenice Boutin, senior researcher in international law at the Asser Institute. She is the academic coordinator of the Asser Institute's research strand Regulation in the public interest: Disruptive technologies in peace and security and project leader of the DILEMA research project on Designing International Law and Ethics into Military Artificial Intelligence.

After successful completion of this spring academy, you will receive a professional certificate from the T.M.C. Asser Instituut.

Please contact educationtraining@asser.nl with any inquiries.