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[New project] Advancing the rule of law in Ukraine: strengthening the judicial system and freedom of expression
1 April 2025The Asser Institute has been granted a subsidy from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs to start a new MATRA project aimed at bolstering Ukraine’s rule of law and media freedom as the country continues its path toward EU accession. The project, co-impl...
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[Law Clinic] Arms trafficking and human rights
18 March 2025This week, the third edition of the international law clinic on access to justice for arms exports has been launched by the University of Amsterdam in cooperation with the Asser Institute and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The pro bono c...
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[Blog post] Should mandatory human rights due diligence be based on social expectations?
17 March 2025On the tenth anniversary of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), Asser Institute researcher Antonio Guzmán Mutis examines the definition basis of corporate responsibility in a new blog post. Should corporate responsibility continue t...
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[Call for papers] Legal assessment of EU integration in the Western Balkans
17 March 2025The Europa Institute (Leiden University) and the Asser Institute are organising a joint workshop on "A Legal Assessment of (EU) Integration in the Western Balkans," on 31 October 2025, in The Hague. For this workshop, they are inviting 600 word paper proposals...
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[Blog symposium] Mandatory human rights due diligence in practice: Lessons from France’s duty of vigilance law
5 February 2025The French duty of vigilance law is a groundbreaking regulation mandating corporate human rights and environmental due diligence for the largest French companies. Despite its pioneering role in Europe, the implementation law has remained underexplored academic...
