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[New SCL lecture] Visualising the Mladic trial
1 June 2021A newly scheduled lecture on the Mladic trial will offer a perspective on the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) through two artistic interventions: the documentary The Trial of Ratko Mladic (Rob Miller and Henry Singe...
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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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[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...
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[New publication] The opening statement of the prosecution in international criminal trials
22 April 2021Out now: ‘The Opening Statement of the Prosecution in International Criminal Trials, A solemn tale of horror’ (Routledge), by Asser researcher Dr Sofia Stolk. This new book addresses the discursive importance of the prosecution’s opening statement before an in...
